Vayu

‘O Śalmali, what you have said to Nārada—your disparagement of me—I am Vāyu; I will demonstrate to you my efficacy, my own strength.’

When this was said, then Vāyu spoke from the mid-air: ‘She has not committed wrongdoing, O Nala; I speak truth to you.’

Here too they cite an ancient historical account: the dialogue of Purūravas Aila with Mātariśvan (Vāyu).

Then Vāyu, the great-souled divine lord, seeing (this) and being inwardly strengthened by devotion to Viṣṇu, (acted accordingly).

Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa, and Prabhāsa—these are remembered as the Vasus by name.

Seating the disciples outside, he should make them practice concentration upon that (object/subject). He should contemplate them as being dried up by Rudra through the airy (vāyavī) portion (of his power).

Then all those gods dispatched Anila (Vāyu) there, saying: “Find out quickly what Mahādeva is doing.”

O Goddess, O lovely-faced one—undertake austerity with Vāyu as your intended deity. (Then) by gods, rākṣasas, brahmins, humans, and foremost sages (your aim will be acknowledged).

Now (begins) the account, as told by Vāyu, of how the river came to be named ‘Suvarṇamukharī’. Vāyu said: “Like gold itself, this river is a share of blessing for the worlds. Brought down to earth by Agastya, it made the quarters resound.”

Seeing those maidens endowed with every excellence, and graced with beauty and youth, Vāyu—the all-pervading one—spoke these words to them.

Seeing that renowned lady—broad-hipped, slender-waisted, and beautiful in every limb—Pavana (the Wind-god) became infatuated with desire.

Pavana’s son saw streets crowded with houses, lofty junction-buildings and crossroads, main roads and side lanes, inner passages between houses, and dwellings that looked like clouds.