Shloka 18
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
जो भक्त हो, श्रद्धालु और आस्तिक हो, उसीको इसका उपदेश देना चाहिये। अश्रद्धालु, नास्तिक और अजितात्मा पुरुषको इसका उपदेश नहीं देना चाहिये ।।
yo bhakto bhavati śraddhāluś cāstikaś ca tasmai evāsya upadeśaḥ kartavyaḥ | aśraddadhānāya nāstikāya ajitātmanē ca puruṣāya nāsya upadeśaḥ kartavyaḥ || yaś cābhyasūyate devaṁ kāraṇātmānam īśvaram | sa kṛṣṇa narakaṁ yāti saha pūrvaiḥ sahātmajaiḥ ||
风神曰：“此教诲唯当授与虔敬、有信、信奉正法之人；不可教与无信者、邪见否圣者，及不能自制者。又，噢，克里希纳（Kṛṣṇa）！凡以嫉妒挑错之心观视神圣之主——大天（Mahādeva），为世间之因本者——必堕地狱，并与其先祖及其子孙同受其报。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred instruction should be offered only to qualified recipients—devoted, faithful, and dharma-affirming people. Fault-finding envy toward the supreme divine cause (here identified with Mahādeva) is condemned as a grave offense with severe karmic consequences.
Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa, laying down a rule of eligibility for transmitting a religious teaching and warning against disparaging the Lord who is the causal ground of the universe, stating that such hostility leads to downfall affecting one’s lineage.