Shloka 143
ब्रह्मचर्य चरत्येष शिवा यास्य तनुस्तया । यास्य घोरतरा मूर्ति: सर्वानित्ति तयेश्वर:,उनकी जो शिव मूर्ति है, वह जगत्की रक्षाके लिये ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन करती है और उनकी जो घोरतर मूर्ति है, उसके द्वारा भगवान् शंकर सम्पूर्ण जगत्का संहार करते हैं
brahmacaryaṁ caratyeṣā śivā yāsya tanus tayā | yāsya ghoratarā mūrtiḥ sarvān atti tayā īśvaraḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「世界を守護するためのシヴァの吉祥なる御姿は、梵行（ブラフマチャリヤ—厳しい節制と清浄の修行）に住する。だが、さらに恐るべき御姿もある—その戦慄すべき顕現によって、主シャンカラは全世界を呑み尽くし（滅ぼし）てしまう。この偈は、節制による護持と、圧倒的な力による解体という、シヴァの二重の宇宙的働きを示している。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that divine power is ethically structured: restraint (brahmacarya) sustains and protects the world, while the same divinity also bears a fearsome aspect that dissolves creation when cosmic balance requires it. Protection and destruction are not contradictions but complementary functions within dharma and cosmic order.
Vyāsa explains Śiva’s dual manifestations—an auspicious, world-protecting form characterized by disciplined restraint, and a more terrible form through which Śaṅkara brings about total destruction. This frames Śiva as both guardian and dissolver, contextualizing events in the epic within a larger cosmic theology.