Shloka 6
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
वक्ष्ये यदुकुलश्रेष्ठ शृणुष्वावहितो मम । वरयैनं भवं देवं भक्तस्त्वं परमेश्वरम्
vakṣye yadukulaśreṣṭha śṛṇuṣvāvahito mama | varayainaṁ bhavaṁ devaṁ bhaktas tvaṁ parameśvaram ||
वायू म्हणाला—हे यदुकुलश्रेष्ठा! माझे बोलणे सावधपणे ऐक; मी ते तुला सांगतो. या देव भव (शिव) याचा वरण कर, कारण तू परमेश्वराचा भक्त आहेस; म्हणून हे शिवमय स्तोत्र स्वीकारून माझ्या मुखातून लक्षपूर्वक ऐक.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes attentive listening to sacred instruction and recommends choosing devotion to Bhava (Śiva), presenting Śiva-praise as a worthy and spiritually efficacious path for one already devoted to the Supreme.
Vāyu addresses Kṛṣṇa, asking him to listen with full attention, and announces that he will recite a Śiva-focused hymn, urging Kṛṣṇa to accept it because of his devotion to the Supreme Lord.