Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
छत्रोटा अलु एवा च वासतडीआमतः परम् । जाषासणा गोतीया च चरणीया दुधीयास्तथा
chatroṭā alu evā ca vāsataḍīāmataḥ param | jāṣāsaṇā gotīyā ca caraṇīyā dudhīyāstathā
છત્રોટા અને અલુ; પછી વાસતડી ત્યારબાદ; જાષાસણા અને ગોતિયા; તેમજ ચરણિયા અને દુધીયા પણ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka route-nodes (Chatroṭā–Dudhīyā sequence)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night halt at a village shrine: pilgrims rest under a tree, a small oil lamp burns before a stone deity; the next day’s path is indicated by a guide pointing onward.
FAQs
A tīrtha-region is understood as a constellation of places; the list itself functions as devotional recollection.
Chatroṭā and the subsequent named locales are presented as part of the Dharmāraṇya sacred circuit.
No direct ritual instruction is given in this verse.
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