Shloka 107
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
बलवांश्वोपशान्तश्न पुराण: पुण्यचज्चुरी । कुरुकर्ता कुरुवासी कुरुभूतो गुणीषध:
balavān śvopaśāntaś ca purāṇaḥ puṇyacakṣuḥ | īśaḥ kurukartā kuruvāsī kurubhūto guṇauṣadhaḥ ||
Disse Vāyu-deva: “Ele é poderoso e perfeitamente sereno; o Primordial (Purāṇa), percebido pelo mérito como o ‘Olho da retidão’; o Senhor compassivo—criador de Kurukṣetra, morador de Kurukṣetra, e, de fato, o próprio Kurukṣetra—como uma erva curativa que faz brotar virtudes como o conhecimento e o desapego.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Lord is recognized through virtue (puṇya) and is characterized by power joined with perfect tranquility; devotion to such a being is itself ‘medicinal,’ producing inner virtues like knowledge and dispassion.
Vāyu-deva offers a hymn-like description of the Lord, linking divine qualities to Kurukṣetra—portraying the Lord as its founder, resident, and very essence—thereby elevating the sacred field as a locus of dharma and moral transformation.