Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
मर्त्यलोके प्रवर्षंति ततः सस्यं प्रजायते । सस्येन जीवते लोकः प्रभवन्ति मखास्तथा । मखांशेन सुराः सर्वे तृप्तिं यांति ततः परम्
martyaloke pravarṣaṃti tataḥ sasyaṃ prajāyate | sasyena jīvate lokaḥ prabhavanti makhāstathā | makhāṃśena surāḥ sarve tṛptiṃ yāṃti tataḥ param
In der Welt der Sterblichen fällt Regen; aus dem Regen entstehen die Feldfrüchte. Von den Feldfrüchten lebt die Welt, und daraus erwachsen auch die Opferhandlungen. Durch ihren Anteil am Opfer gelangen alle Götter danach zur Sättigung.
Deva (likely Śiva) speaking to Devī
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A sequential tableau: clouds raining over fields; golden crops rising; people sharing food; a yajña-kuṇḍa with priests offering oblations; devas above receiving the smoke as luminous portions.
FAQs
It presents a dharmic chain of sustenance—rain → food → life → yajña → divine harmony—showing how cosmic balance depends on righteous order.
Within the Tīrthamāhātmya context, the teaching supports the greatness of Gaṅgā as the life-giving source behind rainfall, fertility, and sacrificial prosperity.
Yajña (makha) is implied as a sustaining rite through which the devas receive their due share (bhāga) and become satisfied.