Invoking the sacred fire...

Canto IVPurvamegha — The Cloud's Journey North
Canto IV — Toward the Sacred Mountains
चतुर्थः सर्गः
North of Ujjain the cloud is led past the war-god Skanda's peak Devagiri, the plain of Kurukshetra where the Mahabharata was fought, the field Balarama plowed, and the holy Ganga where she descended through Shiva's matted hair on her way down from heaven.