Shloka 149
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
विबुधोड5ग्रवर: सूक्ष्म: सर्वदेवस्तपोमय: । सुयुक्त: शोभनो वच्ञी प्रासानां प्रभवो5व्यय:
vāyudeva uvāca | vibudho 'gravaraḥ sūkṣmaḥ sarvadevas tapomayaḥ | suyuktaḥ śobhano vajrī prāsānāṁ prabhavo 'vyayaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“他确是天众中的智者，最先当受祭祀初分；其体性至微至妙；具足诸神之相；由苦行之力所成。为垂恩于信徒而恒常周备，性本吉祥，执金刚雷霆之杵；又是不竭不坏之源，名为‘普罗娑（Prāsa）’之兵由此而生——不朽不灭。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for the divine as the convergence of many virtues: wisdom, subtlety, austerity, auspiciousness, and imperishability. Ethically, it frames true greatness as rooted in tapas (self-discipline) and benevolence toward devotees, not merely power.
Vāyudeva is describing a deity through a chain of epithets—highlighting sacrificial precedence, subtle divine nature, embodiment of all gods, ascetic power, weapon-bearing authority (vajra), and being the inexhaustible source of certain weapons (Prāsa).