Shloka 27
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
दान्तानामपि यो दान्तो धीमतामपि या च थी: । देवानामपि यो देव ऋषीणामपि यस्त्वृषि:
dāntānām api yo dānto dhīmatām api yā ca dhīḥ | devānām api yo deva ṛṣīṇām api yas tv ṛṣiḥ |
风神伐由说道：“彼者，于诸自制者之中为至自制；于诸智者之中为真智；于诸天神之中为至神；于诸仙圣之中为大仙——请听我宣诵那光辉无量之主湿婆的一千零八名。彼为一切众生之内我；诸世界由他而生，复归于他而灭。哦，人中最胜者，但闻此名，汝诸所愿皆得圆满。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse exalts Śiva as the supreme principle: the highest discipline among the disciplined, the highest intelligence among the wise, and the supreme divinity among gods and seers. It also teaches the devotional efficacy of śravaṇa—hearing the sacred names with reverence is presented as spiritually potent and wish-fulfilling.
Vāyudeva addresses a ‘best of men’ (a heroic listener) and introduces the forthcoming recitation of Lord Śiva’s 1008 names. He frames the hymn by describing Śiva’s supremacy and cosmic role as the source and dissolution of all worlds, then promises benefits from simply hearing the litany.