मलयानिल निःश्वासां क्षीरोदकवरांबराम् । त्रिकूटस्वर्णरत्नांगीं सुवेलाद्रि नितंबिनीम
malayānila niḥśvāsāṃ kṣīrodakavarāṃbarām | trikūṭasvarṇaratnāṃgīṃ suvelādri nitaṃbinīma
मलय-पवन की श्वास-सी सुगंध से युक्त, क्षीर-सम उज्ज्वल जल-सी श्रेष्ठ वसनधारिणी; त्रिकूट के स्वर्ण-रत्नों से विभूषित अंगों वाली, सुवेल पर्वत-सी नितम्बिनी—ऐसी वह दिव्य भू-देवी है।
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue-frame, verse-context narration)
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit in given excerpt)
Scene: A divine feminine form embodying the southern land: cool Malaya breeze as her breath, milk-white watery garments, limbs glittering with Trikūṭa gold and jewels, hips rising like the Suvela mountain; attendants or sages behold her as a visionary map of sacred geography.
Purity, fragrance, and splendour are presented as signs of an auspicious cosmic rhythm, aligning the mind toward devotion.
Kāśī remains the textual frame; the verse draws on pan-Indian sacred geography (Malaya, Trikūṭa, Suvela) to heighten the praise.
None; it is a descriptive alaṅkāra that supports the devotional atmosphere of the chapter.