Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 119
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
७२७ महाकेतु:--धर्मरूप महान् ध्वजावाले
toraṇas tāraṇo vātaḥ paridhī patikhecaraḥ | saṃyogo vardhano vṛddho ativṛddho guṇādhikaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：他是“摩诃幢”（Mahāketu）——以法为大旗者；“摩诃大质”（Mahādhātu）——体性广大如金；“多峰行者”（Naikasānucara）——游行于须弥诸峰；“难执者”（Cala）——无人能捉；“应祈者”（Āvedanīya）——堪受祈请；“施令者”（Ādeśa）——颁命令者；“赐诸香乐者”（Sarvagandhasukhāvaha）——令众生得一切香等境界之乐。他又是“解脱之门”（Toraṇa）、“度彼岸者”（Tāraṇa）；他即是“风”（Vāta）；是“宇宙之环界”（Paridhi）；是“空行之主”（Patikhecara）。他是“合和”（Saṃyoga）——为增长之因；亦是“增长者”（Vardhana）。他“德行成熟而崇高”（Vṛddha），最为古老不可量（Ativṛddha），并以智慧与主宰等诸德超越一切（Guṇādhika）。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Supreme as both cosmic principle and moral refuge: He is the ‘gate’ to liberation and the ‘deliverer’ who carries beings across saṃsāra, while also being the sustaining force behind growth, order, and excellence in virtues.
Vāyu-deva continues a litany of divine names/epithets, describing the deity through metaphors of wind, cosmic boundary, lordship over sky-moving beings, and as the cause of increase and the most ancient, supreme in qualities.