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
ત્રીજા તરીકે ‘મગોડોઆ’ કહેવાયું છે, અને બે ગોત્ર પણ—ભારદ્વાજ તથા કુત્સ। તેમજ દેવીઓની એક જોડી પણ (અહીં) જણાવાઈ છે।
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.