Shloka 79
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
जो इस भूतलमें प्रवेश करके महादेवजीकी पूर्वकृत सृष्टिकी रक्षा करते हैं, जो समस्त जगतके रक्षक, विभिन्न प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि करनेवाले और श्रेष्ठ हैं, वे सम्पूर्ण देवता भगवान् शिवसे ही प्रकट हुए हैं ।।
yo 'smin bhūtale praviśya mahādevapūrvakṛtāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ rakṣanti, ye samastajagadrakṣakā nānāprāṇisṛṣṭikartāraḥ śreṣṭhāś ca, te sarve devā bhagavataḥ śivād eva prādurbhūtāḥ. vicinvantas tapasā tat-sthavīyaḥ kiñcit tattvaṃ prāṇa-hetoḥ nato 'smi. dadātu devaḥ sa varān iheṣṭān abhīṣṭṛto naḥ prabhur avyayaḥ sadā.
Wika ni Vāyu: “Yaong mga pumapasok sa daigdig na ito upang ingatan ang paglikha na unang ginawa ni Mahādeva—yaong mga tagapagtanggol ng buong sanlibutan, mga lumilikha ng sari-saring uri ng may buhay, at mga pinakadakila—ang lahat ng mga diyos na iyon ay tunay na nahayag mula kay Panginoong Śiva lamang. Sa paghahanap sa pamamagitan ng matinding pagninilay at pag-aayuno sa mas malalim at mas matibay na katotohanan, yumuyuko ako alang-alang sa buhay mismo. Nawa’y ang Diyos na iyon—ang di-nasisira at walang-kupas na Panginoon na aming tinatawag—ay magbigay rito ng mga biyayang aming ninanais.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Śiva as the ultimate source from whom the gods manifest, and frames devotion and austerity as a means to seek the underlying truth (tattva) and secure the preservation of life and order; the ethical thrust is reverence toward the sustaining principle behind cosmic protection.
Vāyu speaks in praise of Śiva, describing how divine protectors and creators operate within the world to safeguard Mahādeva’s primordial creation, then offers a bow born of ascetic inquiry and petitions the imperishable Lord for desired boons.