Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
तुरीयमपि ते गोत्रं वेदोक्तेन क्रमेण च । आद्यतां चापि ते सर्वे कीर्तयिष्यंति ते द्विजाः
turīyamapi te gotraṃ vedoktena krameṇa ca | ādyatāṃ cāpi te sarve kīrtayiṣyaṃti te dvijāḥ
Même un quatrième gotra sera établi pour toi selon l’ordre énoncé par les Veda ; et tous ces brāhmanes proclameront aussi ta primauté.
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Same refuge-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A formal consecration-like moment: Śiva’s decree establishes a ‘fourth gotra’; brāhmaṇas gather in a semi-circle reciting Vedic formulas, proclaiming Citraśarman’s primacy; ritual fire or kalasha may symbolize Vedic order.
FAQs
Divine grace can confer recognized standing, but it is framed as aligned with Vedic order and communal acknowledgment.
No specific site is named; the verse concerns Vedic/social recognition within the broader kṣetra-tīrtha narrative.
No explicit ritual; it references conformity to vedokta-krama (Vedic procedure/order).