Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
अंबराणि विचित्राणि महार्हाणि द्युमंति च । चंद्ररश्मिनिभाः शय्या पर्यंकाश्च हिरण्मयाः
aṃbarāṇi vicitrāṇi mahārhāṇi dyumaṃti ca | caṃdraraśminibhāḥ śayyā paryaṃkāśca hiraṇmayāḥ
विचित्राणि महार्हाणि द्युमन्ति चाम्बराणि, चन्द्ररश्मिनिभाः शय्याः, हिरण्मयाः पर्यङ्काश्च तस्याः सन्ति स्म।
Narrator (context not explicit in snippet; likely a Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: Inside a palace chamber: shimmering patterned garments hung on racks; a bed that looks like a band of moonlight—silvery, soft, luminous; golden couches with carved legs; attendants arranging textiles under lamplight.
FAQs
It sets a backdrop of extraordinary prosperity, against which steadfast devotion and righteous conduct become the true focus of the chapter.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None; it is descriptive, not prescriptive.