Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 141
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
व्यास: सर्ग: सुसंक्षेपो विस्तर: पर्ययो नरः । ऋतु: संवत्सरो मास: पक्ष: संख्यासमापन:
vyāsaḥ sargaḥ susaṃkṣepo vistaraḥ paryayo naraḥ | ṛtuḥ saṃvatsaro māsaḥ pakṣaḥ saṅkhyāsamāpanaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“他即毗耶娑（Vyāsa）；他即宇宙之‘萨尔伽’（sarga，流出/化生）。他既是简约之创生形态，亦是广大之创生形态。他是遍满一切、如毗湿瓦那罗般的‘那罗’（Nara）。他是季节、是年、是月、是半月（朔望期），也是‘计数之终’——使时间诸数目归结的历法关节点。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the divine as immanent in both sacred authorship (Vyāsa) and the structure of the cosmos—especially the ordered cycles of time. It teaches that dharma is grounded in recognizing a single sustaining principle behind creation, its concise/expanded forms, and the calendrical rhythms that regulate human life and ritual.
Vāyu is praising/defining the supreme principle through a litany of identifications: the deity is called Vyāsa and also equated with creation and with temporal units (season, year, month, fortnight) and their completing junctions. The passage functions as a theological enumeration (stuti) linking cosmic order and sacred tradition.