The wind is cold and northern, the directions are filled with dust and smoke, the sun is covered with frost, and the water sources are covered with ice.
The haughty elephants, buffaloes, and wild elephants, are adorned with snow; the plants of rodhra, priyangu, and punnaaga, are blooming in the cold season.
In the winter, the directions are overwhelmed with cold and wind-driven rain. The remaining features are to be understood as indicative of the winter season by the wise.
In the mountain ranges adorned with the marks of the feet of accomplished beings and celestial nymphs, and in the sandalwood forests of the Malaya mountains where the fragrance of entwined sandalwood trees prevails.