Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
१ श्रीक्षेत्रे द्वितीयं चैव गोत्राणां त्रयमेव च । छांदनसस्तथा वत्सस्तृतीयं कुशमेव च
1 śrīkṣetre dvitīyaṃ caiva gotrāṇāṃ trayameva ca | chāṃdanasastathā vatsastṛtīyaṃ kuśameva ca
শ্ৰীক্ষেত্ৰত দ্বিতীয় বসতি আছে, আৰু গোত্ৰ তিনিটা—চাঁদনস, বৎস, আৰু তৃতীয়টো নিশ্চয় কুশ।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Śrīkṣetra (Puruṣottama-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calm, didactic scene: a sage enumerates the ‘second settlement’ within Śrīkṣetra and names three gotras—Chāṃdanasa, Vatsa, and Kuśa—suggesting a sacred map overlaid with lineage markers.
FAQs
Holy places are organized with precise social-ritual lineages, showing how dharma is maintained through ordered tradition.
Śrīkṣetra is cited as a key sacred location in the sequence, identified together with its gotra structure.
The verse provides gotra identification—useful for rites where gotra must be stated (saṅkalpa, dāna, śrāddha).