Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
अपुत्रिण स्तथा रूक्षास्तेजोहीना द्विजोत्तमाः । भारद्वाजसगोत्रेयाः प्रवरैः पंचभिर्युताः
aputriṇa stathā rūkṣāstejohīnā dvijottamāḥ | bhāradvājasagotreyāḥ pravaraiḥ paṃcabhiryutāḥ
তদ্ৰূপে দ্বিজোত্তমসকলৰ মাজত কিছুমান অপুত্ৰ, ৰূক্ষ স্বভাৱৰ আৰু তেজোহীন। তেওঁলোক ভাৰদ্বাজ গোত্ৰীয় আৰু পঞ্চ প্ৰৱৰৰে সৈতে যুক্ত বুলি কোৱা হয়।
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Scene: A contrast tableau: dignified Bhāradvāja-gotra brāhmaṇas with sacred thread and ritual marks, yet some appear stern and dim in aura; beside them, a gentle luminous sage instructs, suggesting transformation from roughness to tejas through discipline.
FAQs
Lineage markers exist alongside moral evaluation; dharma values tejas and character, not mere birth-identity.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse continues a gotra–pravara catalog.
Five pravaras are noted for the Bhāradvāja gotra, relevant to ritual identification.