Shloka 29
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
योगिनामपि यो योगी कारणानां च कारणम् | यतो लोका: सम्भवन्ति न भवन्ति यत: पुन:
yoginām api yo yogī kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam | yato lokāḥ sambhavanti na bhavanti yataḥ punaḥ ||
वायुरुवाच— योगिनामपि यो योगी कारणानां च कारणम् । यतो लोकाः सम्भवन्ति न भवन्ति यतः पुनः ॥ तस्यामिततेजसो देवस्य शिवस्य नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं सहस्रं मत्तः शृणु, पुरुषसिंह। श्रवणमात्रेण सर्वान् कामानवाप्स्यसि।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Śiva as the supreme principle: the highest yogin and the ultimate cause from whom creation proceeds and into whom it dissolves. It also emphasizes the religious efficacy of śravaṇa (listening) to the divine names as a means to attain desired ends and spiritual merit.
Vāyudeva begins a eulogy that introduces the recitation of Śiva’s thousand-and-eight names. He frames the hymn by describing Śiva’s cosmic status (source and dissolution of worlds) and promises fruit (kāma-siddhi) from hearing the forthcoming nāma-recitation.