Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 179

Devanagari script

चित्रलेखेतिनाम्ना त्वं तस्माद्भव सखी मम । ततः सखी समभवच्चित्रलेखेति सा शुभा

Transliteration

citralekhetināmnā tvaṃ tasmādbhava sakhī mama | tataḥ sakhī samabhavaccitralekheti sā śubhā

Translation

“Therefore, under the name Citralekhā, become my companion.” From that time, that auspicious one indeed became a friend known as Citralekhā.

Word by Word

• citralekhe: Citralekhā
• citralekhe: Saṃjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citralekhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन (नामरूपेण); ‘चित्रलेखा’ इति नाम

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘tad’)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore)

• bhava: become/be
• bhava: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु; √भू ‘सत्तायाम्’)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• sakhī: a friend
• sakhī: Karma/Predicate nominative (सम्बन्ध-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• sakhī: (she) the friend
• sakhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• samabhavat: became
• samabhavat: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-bhū (धातु; √भू)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• citralekhā: Citralekhā
• citralekhā: Saṃjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citralekhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śubhā: auspicious
• śubhā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सा इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta narrating; direct speech by Pārvatī

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Citralekhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine relationship and service are honored; receiving a name from the Goddess signifies spiritual identity and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It remains within the Barkareśvara–Mahākāla tīrtha māhātmya setting, where the narrative fruits unfold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records a divine naming and adoption into Pārvatī’s circle.