गले रेखास्तिस्रो गतिगमकगीतैकनिपुणे विवाहव्यानद्धप्रगुणगुणसंख्याप्रतिभुवः। विराजन्ते नानाविधमधुररागाकरभुवां त्रयाणां ग्रामाणां स्थितिनियमसीमान इव ते॥
galē rēkhās tisrō gati-gamaka-gītaika-nipuṇē vivāha-vyānaddha-praguṇa-guṇa-saṅkhyā-pratibhuvaḥ। virājantē nānā-vidha-madhura-rāgākara-bhuvāṁ trayāṇāṁ grāmāṇāṁ sthiti-niyama-sīmāna iva tē॥
Translation
On your neck, three lines, uniquely skilled in song’s movement and ornamentation, bound in marriage, representing excellent qualities’ number, shine like the boundaries of three musical scales’ sweet melody sources.
Word by word
- galē
- on neck
- rēkhāḥ
- lines
- tisraḥ
- three
- gati
- movement
- gamaka
- ornamentation
- gīta
- song
- eka-nipuṇē
- uniquely skilled
- vivāha
- marriage
- vyānaddha
- bound
- praguṇa
- excellent
- guṇa
- qualities
- saṅkhyā
- number
- pratibhuvaḥ
- representing
- virājantē
- shine
- nānā-vidha
- various
- madhura
- sweet
- rāga
- melody
- ākara-bhuvāṁ
- source-regions
- trayāṇāṁ
- of three
- grāmāṇāṁ
- musical scales
- sthiti
- state
- niyama
- rule
- sīmāna
- boundaries
- iva
- like
- tē
- your
Meaning
The three lines (tisrō rēkhāḥ) on the Goddess’s neck (galē) are skilled in musical expression (gati-gamaka-gīta), symbolizing the three grāmas (musical scales) and their sweet melodies (madhura-rāga). Formed in her marriage (vivāha) to Shiva, they represent divine qualities (praguṇa-guṇa). In Śrīvidyā, her neck embodies nāda (sound) and harmony. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, likening her neck’s lines to the essence of music and cosmic order.