Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

चित्रादित्येतिनामाऽभूत्ततो लोके वरानने

Transliteration

citrādityetināmā'bhūttato loke varānane

Translation

ಆಮೇಲೆ, ಓ ವರಾನನೆ, ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ‘ಚಿತ್ರಾದಿತ್ಯ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾದನು.

Word by Word

• चित्रादित्य: Citrāditya (the name)
• चित्रादित्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रादित्य (प्रातिपदिक; चित्र + आदित्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (चित्रः आदित्यः)

• इति: thus; called
• इति: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/इत्यर्थे)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Predicate nominative (विशेष्य/नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभूत्: became; was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावार्थे/तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced lady
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (वरम् आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta narrating to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Agnitīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (addressed as varānanā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief proclamation scene: the transformed figure is hailed in the world as ‘Citrāditya’, with solar aura motifs—rays, lotus, and a writing implement signifying witness and record.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narratives preserve divine identities through names that encode function and spiritual significance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya of Citrāditya is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse establishes the revered name and identity.