Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
भामेवसं तृतीयं च प्रवराः पंच एव हि । भार्गवच्यावनाप्नुवानौर्वजामदग्न्यसंयुताः । आत्रेयोऽर्चनानसश्च श्यावास्येति तृतीयकः
bhāmevasaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca pravarāḥ paṃca eva hi | bhārgavacyāvanāpnuvānaurvajāmadagnyasaṃyutāḥ | ātreyo'rcanānasaśca śyāvāsyeti tṛtīyakaḥ
حقًّا إن البرفارات خمسة، وثالثهم بهاميفاسا. وهم مرتبطون ببهارغافا وتشيافانا وآبنوفانا وأورفا وجاماداغنيا؛ وأما المجموعة الثالثة فتُذكر: آتريا، أرتشاناناسا، وشيَافاسيا.
Unspecified narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)
Scene: A sage points to a written lineage chart while reciting pravara sets; the king/listener watches as names—Bhārgava, Cyavana, Āpnuvāna, Urva, Jāmadagnya—are linked, and an Ātreya triad is separately indicated.
FAQs
Ritual identity in dharma is anchored in remembered ṛṣi-lineages, preserving continuity of sacred tradition.
No distinct tīrtha is praised; the passage is a dharma-oriented listing of pravaras.
Pravara identification/recitation (pravara-pravṛtti) used during yajñas and saṃskāras.