Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
एवं ज्ञात्वा तु तत्रस्था भगिनी तस्य दुःखिता । चित्रा नदी ततो भूत्वा स्वसा तस्य महात्मनः
evaṃ jñātvā tu tatrasthā bhaginī tasya duḥkhitā | citrā nadī tato bhūtvā svasā tasya mahātmanaḥ
Knowing this, his sister, standing there and stricken with grief, thereafter became the river Citrā, as the sister of that great-souled one.
Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta narrating to sages)
Tirtha: Citrā-nadī (sister-formed river)
Type: river
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A sorrowful sister stands at the sacred spot; as she grieves, her form dissolves into flowing water, becoming the river Citrā; nearby are steps of a kuṇḍa and the Sun shrine; the transformation is depicted as luminous water emerging from her silhouette.
FAQs
Sacred places arise from profound emotions and dharmic narratives; compassion and kinship become sanctified as tīrthas.
The Citrā river, presented as a sacred river-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None explicitly; the verse provides the tīrtha’s origin, supporting later pilgrimage practice.
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