Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
धूमजाश्वोष्मजा मेघाः सामुद्रैयन पूरिताः । तोयैर्भवंति नीलांगा वर्षिष्ठाश्चैव भारत
dhūmajāśvoṣmajā meghāḥ sāmudraiyana pūritāḥ | toyairbhavaṃti nīlāṃgā varṣiṣṭhāścaiva bhārata
O Bhārata, Wolken, aus Rauch und aus Hitze geboren, erfüllt von der aus dem Ozean geschöpften Feuchte, werden durch die Wasser dunkel an Leib und sind wahrlich die reichlichsten Regenbringer.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A monsoon sky where smoke-born and heat-born clouds, heavy with ocean-drawn moisture, turn deep blue-black and pour abundant rain over a sacred landscape.
FAQs
Nature’s fertility—rain and clouds—is depicted as an ordered cosmic system, encouraging reverence for the sustaining rhythms of dharma in the world.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a cosmological description of clouds and rainfall.
None; it explains the origin and rain-bearing capacity of certain clouds.