Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
श्रीक्षेत्रं द्वितीयं प्रोक्तं गोत्रद्वितयमेव च । छांदनसस्तथा वत्सं देवी द्वितयमेव च
śrīkṣetraṃ dvitīyaṃ proktaṃ gotradvitayameva ca | chāṃdanasastathā vatsaṃ devī dvitayameva ca
‘শ্রীক্ষেত্র’ দ্বিতীয় বলে ঘোষিত, এবং তদ্রূপ দুই গোত্র। ‘ছাঁদনস’ ও ‘বৎস’ কথিত হয়েছে, এবং (সংশ্লিষ্ট) দুই দেবীও বলা হয়েছে।
Narrator (contextual; enumerating settlements and their gotras/gotra-devīs)
Tirtha: Śrīkṣetra (second in sequence, per verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stylized map-panel labeled ‘Śrīkṣetra’ with two lineage banners (Chāṃdanasa, Vatsa) and two goddess icons flanking a central shrine, indicating paired guardianship.
FAQs
Holy places (kṣetra) are upheld by dharmic communities; gotra memory is presented as part of the sanctity of the region.
Śrīkṣetra is named as a sacred locale within the Dharmāraṇya narrative framework.
None directly; the verse identifies the place and its associated gotras and deities.