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
Genannt wurden die sogenannten ‘Śītavāḍiyā’, ebenso ‘Kuśa’ und ‘Vatsa’. Auch ‘Viśvāmitra’ und ‘Devarāta’ werden angeführt, und als dritter gilt ebenfalls ‘Dala’.
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.