Shloka 6
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
वक्ष्ये यदुकुलश्रेष्ठ शृणुष्वावहितो मम । वरयैनं भवं देवं भक्तस्त्वं परमेश्वरम्
vakṣye yadukulaśreṣṭha śṛṇuṣvāvahito mama | varayainaṁ bhavaṁ devaṁ bhaktas tvaṁ parameśvaram ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “O pinakamainam sa angkan ng Yadu, makinig ka sa akin nang buong pag-iingat. Aking ipahahayag ito sa iyo. Piliin at yakapin mo ang banal na Panginoong Bhava (Śiva), sapagkat ikaw ay debotong sumasamba sa Kataas-taasang Panginoon. Kaya tanggapin mo ang himnong nakatuon kay Śiva at pakinggan mo itong mabuti mula sa aking bibig.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes attentive listening to sacred instruction and recommends choosing devotion to Bhava (Śiva), presenting Śiva-praise as a worthy and spiritually efficacious path for one already devoted to the Supreme.
Vāyu addresses Kṛṣṇa, asking him to listen with full attention, and announces that he will recite a Śiva-focused hymn, urging Kṛṣṇa to accept it because of his devotion to the Supreme Lord.