Shloka 109
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कैलासगिरिवासी च हिमवदूगिरिसंश्रय: । कूलहारी कूलकर्ता बहुविद्यो बहुप्रद:
kailāsagirivāsī ca himavadgiri-saṁśrayaḥ | kūlahārī kūlakartā bahuvidyo bahupradaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva bersabda: “Dia bersemayam di Gunung Kailāsa dan juga bernaung di jajaran Himālaya. Dialah yang menghakis tebing sungai dengan arus yang dahsyat, dan Dialah juga pembentuk tebing—mewujudkan tasik-tasik besar serta takungan. Dia mahir dalam banyak ilmu dan amat pemurah mengurniakan pemberian.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a figure through paradoxical natural imagery—able to destroy and to create (eroding banks yet also forming them)—and links true greatness with both wide learning (bahuvidya) and abundant generosity (bahuprada).
Vāyu-deva is describing and extolling a powerful being associated with sacred mountains (Kailāsa and the Himālaya), highlighting their might in shaping landscapes and their virtues of knowledge and giving.