Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
चतुर्थः संवहो नाम स्थितो नक्षत्रमण्डले । वातरश्मिभिराबद्धं ध्रुवेण सह भ्राम्यते
caturthaḥ saṃvaho nāma sthito nakṣatramaṇḍale | vātaraśmibhirābaddhaṃ dhruveṇa saha bhrāmyate
Der vierte Wind, Saṃvaha genannt, weilt in der Sphäre der Mondhäuser (Nakshatras). Durch Seile aus Windstrahlen gebunden, lässt er jene Sternensphäre zusammen mit Dhruva, dem Polarstern, kreisen.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention
Tirtha: Nakṣatra-maṇḍala (conceptual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast ring of nakṣatras revolving with Dhruva, bound by luminous ‘wind-ray’ cords, with Saṃvaha presiding as the sustaining wind.
FAQs
Cosmic order is upheld by unseen divine forces; contemplating this order cultivates reverence and steadiness like Dhruva.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse belongs to a cosmological description within the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa.
None; the verse is descriptive, explaining the mechanism of celestial rotation.