Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54
शीतवाडिया ये प्रोक्ताः कुशो वत्सस्तथैव च । विश्वामित्रो देवरातस्तृतीयो दलमेव च
śītavāḍiyā ye proktāḥ kuśo vatsastathaiva ca | viśvāmitro devarātastṛtīyo dalameva ca
‘শীতৱাডিয়া’ নামে যিসকল কোৱা হয় তেওঁলোকো উল্লেখিত হৈছে, লগতে ‘কুশ’ আৰু ‘ৱৎস’ও। ‘বিশ্বামিত্ৰ’ আৰু ‘দেৱৰাত’ কোৱা হৈছে, আৰু তৃতীয়জন ‘দল’ বুলিও আছে।
Narrator (contextual genealogical enumerator; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reciter points to three grouped names on a manuscript; behind him appear symbolic portraits of Viśvāmitra and Devarāta as sage-figures, indicating transmission of lineages.
FAQs
Remembering ṛṣis and their lines is treated as a dharmic duty that anchors society in sacred memory.
Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is implied through its preserved lineages; no single named tirtha is singled out in this verse.
None directly; it is a classificatory verse listing names/branches.