Shloka 174

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

स्तवमेतं प्रयत्नेन सदा रुद्रस्य संनिधौ । अब्दमेकं चरेद्‌ भक्त: प्राप्रुयादीप्सितं फलम्‌

Transliteration

stavam etaṁ prayatnena sadā rudrasya sannidhau | abdam ekaṁ cared bhaktaḥ prāpnuyād īpsitaṁ phalam ||

Translation

风神（Vāyu）说道：“愿虔信者以恒久之勤勉，常在鲁陀罗（湿婆）之前诵此赞颂。若能守此行持满一整年，便可得其所愿之果。”

Word by Word

• स्तवम्: hymn, praise
• स्तवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort, diligently
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संनिधौ: in the presence, near
• संनिधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अब्दम्: a year
• अब्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चरेत्: should practice/perform (regularly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भक्तः: a devotee
• भक्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain, should attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Rudra
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• stava/stotra (hymn)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady, disciplined devotion—reciting a hymn with sincere effort, consistently and reverently (especially near the deity)—is presented as a dharmic practice that yields the devotee’s desired result (īpsita-phala).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is instructing the listener about the efficacy of a specific stotra to Rudra/Śiva: if a bhakta recites it regularly in Śiva’s presence for a full year, the promised fruit is attained.