Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
वायव्यमस्त्रमतुलं तेन मेघा ययुः क्षयम् । वायव्यास्त्रबलेनाथ निर्धूते मेघमंडले
vāyavyamastramatulaṃ tena meghā yayuḥ kṣayam | vāyavyāstrabalenātha nirdhūte meghamaṃḍale
He then unleashed the incomparable Vāyavya missile; by its force the clouds were driven to destruction. When the circle of clouds had been swept away by the power of the Vāyavya weapon, the sky cleared.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Indra releases the Vāyavya missile: a spiraling, razor-like wind-force tears through the cloud-ring; clouds shred and vanish, revealing a bright, open sky.
FAQs
Even overwhelming obstruction (like clouded confusion) is dispelled when divine order is invoked with disciplined power.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a martial narrative within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None; the verse describes the deployment of an astra in battle.