Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60
तृतीयं मगोडोआ वै गोत्रद्वितयमेव च । भारद्वाजस्तथा कुत्सं देवी द्वितयमेव च
tṛtīyaṃ magoḍoā vai gotradvitayameva ca | bhāradvājastathā kutsaṃ devī dvitayameva ca
তৃতীয় হিসেবে ‘মগোডোআ’ বলা হয়েছে, এবং দুই গোত্রও—ভারদ্বাজ ও কুৎস। আর দেবীদের একটি যুগলও (এখানে) উল্লিখিত।
Narrator (contextual enumeration of settlements and gotras/gotra-devīs)
Scene: A scribe-sage recites names while another records them; symbolic emblems for Bhāradvāja and Kutsā gotras (ṛṣi figures) appear; two Devīs indicated as paired guardians of the line.
FAQs
The sanctity of a place is intertwined with the ṛṣi-founded lineages that uphold dharma there.
A locale named ‘Magoḍoā’ is identified within the Dharmāraṇya framework, alongside its gotras.
No direct ritual instruction; the verse provides lineage and deity associations.