Shloka 32

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

जटी चर्मी शिखण्डी च सर्वाड्र: सर्वभावन: । हरश्न हरिणाक्षश्न सर्वभूतहर: प्रभु:

Transliteration

jaṭī carmī śikhaṇḍī ca sarvāḍraḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ | haraśna hariṇākṣaśna sarvabhūtaharaḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Vāyu: “Siya ang asetang may buhol-buhol na buhok, nakabalot sa balat, at may tuktok na suklay; laging nababasa (ng banal na pahid) at tagapag-alaga ng sansinukob. Tinatanggap at nilalasap Niya ang mga handog para kay Hara (Śiva) at ang mga handog para kay Hari (Viṣṇu); Siya ang Panginoong naghahari na humihila pabalik sa lahat ng nilalang (sa wakas ng panahon).”

Word by Word

• जटी: matted-haired
• जटी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चर्मी: wearing a hide/skin
• चर्मी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखण्डी: crested; wearing a topknot/crest
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सर्वाद्रः: having all mountains (as his form); all-mountain-like
• सर्वाद्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभावनः: the nourisher/producer of all
• सर्वभावनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरश्नः: destroyer (epithet of Hara/Śiva)
• हरश्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिणाक्षश्नः: slayer of the deer-eyed one (epithet; lit. 'deer-eyed-slayer')
• हरिणाक्षश्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरिणाक्षश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतहरः: destroyer/remover of all beings
• सर्वभूतहरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभूतहर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the Lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a theological vision of the Supreme as both ascetic and cosmic ruler—one who sustains all beings yet also withdraws them at the end—while implying a unifying reverence that encompasses both Hara (Śiva) and Hari (Viṣṇu).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is describing the Lord through a string of epithets: outward marks of asceticism (matted hair, hide-garment, crest) alongside cosmic functions (universal nourishment and final withdrawal), and he frames the deity as one who ‘consumes’ offerings associated with both Śiva and Viṣṇu.