Shloka 133
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
सहस्रबाहु: सर्वाज्गज: शरण्य: सर्वलोककृत् । पवित्र त्रिककुन्मन्त्र: कनिष्ठ: कृष्णपिज्रल:
sahasrabāhuḥ sarvāṅgajaḥ śaraṇyaḥ sarvalokakṛt | pavitraḥ trikakunmantraḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ ||
Dewa Vāyu berkata: “Dia ialah Yang Berseribu Tangan, sempurna pada setiap anggota, layak dijadikan tempat berlindung, dan pencipta segala alam. Dia ialah Yang Maha Menyucikan, mantra Gāyatrī berkaki tiga; dia ialah yang termuda antara putera-putera Aditi—Vişṇu dalam rupa Vāmana—dan Tuhan yang gelap lagi keemasan, memikul aspek gabungan Hari dan Hara.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches surrender to the Divine as the highest refuge: the Lord is portrayed as creator, purifier, and mantra itself—implying that ethical life (dharma) is sustained by taking shelter in the sacred, cultivating purity, and recognizing the one divine reality behind multiple forms.
Vāyu is reciting a litany of divine epithets—praising the Lord through names that highlight power (thousand-armed), completeness, refuge-giving, cosmic creativity, purifying holiness, identification with the Gāyatrī mantra, the Vāmana incarnation among Aditi’s sons, and a form described as dark-and-tawny, suggestive (per the edition’s gloss) of Hari-Hara unity.