Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
ज्ञात्वा तु गोत्रदेवीं च तथा प्रवरमेव च । स्वस्थानं जायते चैव द्विजाः स्वस्थानवासिनः
jñātvā tu gotradevīṃ ca tathā pravarameva ca | svasthānaṃ jāyate caiva dvijāḥ svasthānavāsinaḥ
しかし、自らのゴートラの守護女神（ゴートラデーヴィー）と、また自らのプラヴァラとを知るなら、スヴァスター ナはまことに成り立つ。そこに住む二度生まれ（ドヴィジャ）たちは正しい自己の位を確立する。
Brahmā
Tirtha: Svasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Dvija families in Svasthāna gather around a teacher; each recites gotra and pravara while a small shrine to a feminine lineage-deity (gotra-devī) stands nearby; the settlement appears orderly and sanctified.
FAQs
Sacred belonging is not merely geographical; it is upheld through correct knowledge of lineage-deity and pravara used in dharmic rites.
Svasthāna is presented as a sanctified settlement whose residents are defined through dharmic-ritual lineage markers.
Knowing one’s gotradevī and pravara—key identifiers recited/used in Vedic and smārta rituals.