Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
इति श्रुत्वा वचः सोथ मेघगंभीर निःस्वनम् । अवग्रहपरिम्लान सस्यसंजीवनोपमम्
iti śrutvā vacaḥ sotha meghagaṃbhīra niḥsvanam | avagrahaparimlāna sasyasaṃjīvanopamam
ครั้นได้สดับพระวาจานั้น เขาก็ได้ยินเสียงกึกก้องลึกดุจเมฆครึ้ม—ประหนึ่งฝนชุบชีวิตพืชผลที่เหี่ยวแห้งเพราะแล้งให้ฟื้นคืน
Skanda (to Agastya, deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Budheśvara (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Scene: A sanctum filled with resonant, thunder-deep vibration; outside, dark monsoon clouds gather and rain revives withered fields—shown as metaphorical overlay; the devotee appears moved and renewed.
FAQs
Divine assurance restores the devotee like rain revives drought-struck fields—grace renews life and purpose.
Within the Kāśī setting, the experience is tied to the Budheśvara-liṅga episode, underscoring Kāśī’s immediacy of grace.
None explicitly; it poetically describes the transformative effect of Śiva’s response.