Shloka 103

Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

अहिर्बुध्न्योड्निलाभश्व चेकितानो हविस्तथा । अजैकपाच्च कापाली त्रिशंकुरजित: शिव:

Transliteration

ahirbudhnyo 'nilābhaś ca cekitāno havis tathā | ajaikapāc ca kāpālī triśaṅkur ajitaḥ śivaḥ ||

Translation

ဝါယုဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်။ «(ထိုအရှင်ကို) အဟိရ္ဗုဓ္နျ (Ahirbudhnya) ဟူ၍လည်း၊ အနိလာဘ (Anilābha) ဟူ၍လည်း ခေါ်ကြသည်။ ချေကိတான (Cekitāna) ဟူ၍လည်း၊ ဟဝိစ် (Havis) ဟူ၍လည်း ဖြစ်သည်။ အဇೈကပါဒ် (Ajaikapād)၊ ကာပါလီ (Kāpālī)၊ တြိရှင်ကူ (Triśaṅku)၊ အဇိတ (Ajita)—မည်သူမျှ မအနိုင်ယူနိုင်သူ—နှင့် ရှိဝ (Śiva) ဟူ၍လည်း ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏»။

Word by Word

• अहिर्बुध्न्यः: Ahirbudhnya (a Rudra-name; serpent of the deep)
• अहिर्बुध्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिर्बुध्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिलाभः: Anilābha (wind-like/with the speed of wind; a Rudra-name)
• अनिलाभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिलाभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चेकितानः: Cekitāna (very knowing; a Rudra-name)
• चेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हविः: Havis (oblation; a Rudra-name)
• हविः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अजैकपात्: Ajaikapād (one-footed Aja; a Rudra-name)
• अजैकपात्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजैकपाद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कापाली: Kāpālī (skull-bearing; a name of Śiva/Rudra)
• कापाली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशङ्कुः: Triśaṅku (a Rudra-name)
• त्रिशङ्कुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशङ्कु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजितः: unconquered
• अजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिवः: Śiva (auspicious one)
• शिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Śiva (Rudra)
• Ahirbudhnya
• Anilābha
• Cekitāna
• Havis
• Ajaikapād (Ekāpāda Rudra)
• Kāpālī
• Triśaṅku
• Ajita

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models devotional contemplation through a sequence of divine epithets: by recalling many names that point to different powers and virtues (invincibility, cosmic pervasiveness, auspiciousness), the listener is guided toward reverence, inner steadiness, and a dharmic orientation grounded in the sacred.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and reciting a set of names/epithets of Śiva (Rudra). The passage functions like a stuti or name-list, presenting multiple recognized forms/titles to honor the deity and emphasize his many aspects.