Shloka 13
Narmadā
Revā) Tīrtha Greatness: The Gandharva Maidens’ Curse Narrative (Acchodā Episode Begins
चंद्रादिव विनिष्क्रांताश्चंद्रिका इव सोज्ज्वलाः । चंद्राननाः सुकेश्यश्च चंद्रकांताइवोज्ज्वलाः
caṃdrādiva viniṣkrāṃtāścaṃdrikā iva sojjvalāḥ | caṃdrānanāḥ sukeśyaśca caṃdrakāṃtāivojjvalāḥ
นางทั้งหลายประหนึ่งออกมาจากดวงจันทร์ สว่างไสวดุจแสงจันทร์; มีพักตร์ดั่งจันทร์ เกศางาม และทอประกายดุจแก้วจันทรกานต์.
Unspecified (narrative description within the Svarga-khaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चंद्रादिव → चन्द्रात् इव; विनिष्क्रांताश्चंद्रिका → विनिष्क्रान्ताः चन्द्रिका; सोज्ज्वलाः → स-उज्ज्वलाः; सुकेश्यश्च → सुकेश्यः च; चंद्रकांताइवोज्ज्वलाः → चन्द्रकान्तात् इव उज्ज्वलाः (interpreting -āt in sandhi; text variant possible).
FAQs
The verse uses repeated upamā (simile): the figures are compared to the moon, moonlight (candrikā), and moonstones (candrakānta), intensifying the sense of luminous beauty.
Candrakānta refers to the “moonstone,” a gemstone traditionally believed to glow or exude a cool radiance under moonlight; it is used here to convey a bright, cooling brilliance.
This verse is primarily descriptive rather than doctrinal; it heightens the celestial atmosphere of Svarga-khaṇḍa through imagery of purity, cool radiance, and otherworldly beauty.