Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
वाय्वग्निद्रव्यसंभूतो रथश्चंद्रसुतस्य च । पिशंगैस्तुरसोष्टाभिर्वायवेगिभिः
vāyvagnidravyasaṃbhūto rathaścaṃdrasutasya ca | piśaṃgaisturasoṣṭābhirvāyavegibhiḥ
चन्द्रपुत्र बुध का रथ वायु और अग्नि-तत्त्व से उत्पन्न पदार्थों से बना है। उसे पिशंग (ताम्रवर्ण) आठ तीव्र अश्व, वायु-वेग से चलने वाले, खींचते हैं।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)
Scene: Budha’s chariot, shimmering with wind-and-fire essence—translucent currents and flame-like highlights—races across the sky, drawn by eight tawny horses whose manes stream like gusts.
FAQs
The cosmos is portrayed as an ordered, divinely-governed system where even planetary motions reflect sacred design.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to a cosmological description section rather than a place-māhātmya passage.
None; this verse describes Budha’s chariot and its wind-like speed.