Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66
स शोषयति चात्मानं दुःखेन महतान्वितः । समुद्राज्जलमादाय प्रवर्षंति बलाहकाः
sa śoṣayati cātmānaṃ duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ | samudrājjalamādāya pravarṣaṃti balāhakāḥ
“He is drying up himself, afflicted with great sorrow. And the rain-clouds, taking water from the ocean, pour it down as rain.”
Devagaṇas (the gods), addressing Brahmā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Samudra-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Scene: Samudra, sorrowful, dries; above him, dark clouds (balāhakas) scoop water and release rain over fields, showing the paradox of depletion and nourishment simultaneously.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision links nature and dharma: ocean, clouds, and rain form a sacred chain sustaining life and ritual.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the ocean’s welfare is tied to the world’s welfare in the māhātmya narrative.
No direct prescription; it explains the causal support for agriculture and yajña through rainfall.