Ramayana
विधूमामिव हेमाभामध्वराग्नेः समुत्थिताम् । हविरभ्युक्षितां पश्चाच्छिखां विप्रलयं गताम् ॥ २-११४-५
Ayodhya looked like a flame of sacrificial fire which when oblation is poured into it, rises like a golden cone without smoke and thereafter sinks into extinction (ash). ॥ 2-114-5॥
english translation
vidhUmAmiva hemAbhAmadhvarAgneH samutthitAm । havirabhyukSitAM pazcAcchikhAM vipralayaM gatAm ॥ 2-114-5
hk transliteration by Sanscript