Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
वाय्वग्निद्रव्यसंभूतो रथश्चंद्रसुतस्य च । पिशंगैस्तुरसोष्टाभिर्वायवेगिभिः
vāyvagnidravyasaṃbhūto rathaścaṃdrasutasya ca | piśaṃgaisturasoṣṭābhirvāyavegibhiḥ
چاند کے فرزند بُدھ کا رتھ ہوا اور آگ سے پیدا شدہ مادّوں سے بنا ہے۔ اسے پِشنگ رنگ کے آٹھ تیز گھوڑے کھینچتے ہیں، جو ہوا کی رفتار سے دوڑتے ہیں۔
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.