Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
तथैवांगिरसानां च पंच चैव प्रकीर्तिताः । आत्रेया दश संख्याताः शुक्लात्रेयास्तथैव च
tathaivāṃgirasānāṃ ca paṃca caiva prakīrtitāḥ | ātreyā daśa saṃkhyātāḥ śuklātreyāstathaiva ca
De même, cinq du groupe des Āṅgirasa sont proclamés. Les Ātreya sont comptés au nombre de dix, et de même les Śuklātreya.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two principal sage lineages depicted as teaching circles: Āṅgirasa elders (five) and Ātreya/Śuklātreya teachers (ten and ten), with students repeating mantras; a tīrtha shrine silhouette behind them.
FAQs
The Māhātmya frames pilgrimage as inseparable from supporting and honoring carriers of Vedic learning and dharmic conduct.
The immediate verse continues an internal list within the Tīrthamāhātmya; it praises the sacred setting indirectly by noting its assembly of venerable lineages.
No single rite is named here; the implied act is satkāra—formal honoring of these groups at the Tīrtha.