Shloka 88
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
लम्बनो लम्बितोष्ठ क्ष महामाय: पयोनिधि: । महादन्तो महादंष्टो महाजिह्दो महामुख:
lambano lambitoṣṭhaḥ kṣa mahāmāyaḥ payonidhiḥ | mahādanto mahādaṁṣṭro mahājihvo mahāmukhaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“他是无量世界之支撑；于劫尽之时，双唇张展，欲吞尽整个宇宙；他是大幻化者；亦即乳海本身；具雄伟之齿与巨大的獠牙；舌广而口阔无边。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent recognition of the Divine as both sustainer and dissolver of the cosmos. By contemplating these vast, even fearsome, attributes, one cultivates humility and aligns oneself with dharma—the larger cosmic order beyond personal power.
Vāyu-deva is reciting a praise-description (stuti) of the Supreme Lord, listing awe-inspiring epithets that portray the Lord’s cosmic form and powers—especially the capacity to encompass and reabsorb the universe at the time of pralaya.