Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अंबराणि विचित्राणि महार्हाणि द्युमंति च । चंद्ररश्मिनिभाः शय्या पर्यंकाश्च हिरण्मयाः

Transliteration

aṃbarāṇi vicitrāṇi mahārhāṇi dyumaṃti ca | caṃdraraśminibhāḥ śayyā paryaṃkāśca hiraṇmayāḥ

Translation

นางมีอาภรณ์หลากลวดลาย อันล้ำค่าและสุกสว่าง; ที่นอนนุ่มละมุนดุจแสงจันทร์ และตั่งกับโซฟาที่ทำด้วยทองคำ

Word by Word

• अम्बराणि: garments, clothes
• अम्बराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; nominative/accusative plural (neuter)

• विचित्राणि: variegated, wonderful
• विचित्राणि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; agreeing with ‘अम्बराणि’

• महार्हाणि: very precious, costly
• महार्हाणि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; agreeing with ‘अम्बराणि’

• द्युमन्ति: shining, radiant
• द्युमन्ति: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; ‘द्युमन्त्’ (मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त) = luminous; agreeing with ‘अम्बराणि’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’

• चन्द्र-रश्मि-निभाः: like moonbeams
• चन्द्र-रश्मि-निभाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक) + निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः—‘चन्द्ररश्मिसदृश्याः’

• शय्याः: beds
• शय्याः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; nominative plural (feminine)

• पर्यङ्काः: couches, bedsteads
• पर्यङ्काः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; nominative plural (masculine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’ (from ‘पर्यंकाश्च’)

• हिरण्मयाः: golden
• हिरण्मयाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; agreeing with ‘पर्यङ्काः’

Speaker

Narrator (context not explicit in snippet; likely a Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

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

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It sets a backdrop of extraordinary prosperity, against which steadfast devotion and righteous conduct become the true focus of the chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive, not prescriptive.