Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93
असितो देवलश्चैव शांडिलस्तु तृतीयकः । अस्मिन्गोत्रे महाभागाः कुब्जाश्च द्विजसत्तमाः
asito devalaścaiva śāṃḍilastu tṛtīyakaḥ | asmingotre mahābhāgāḥ kubjāśca dvijasattamāḥ
ಅಸಿತ, ದೇವಲ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂರನೆಯವನು ಶಾಂಡಿಲ—ಇವರು ಈ ಗೋತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವರು; ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾಭಾಗ್ಯರು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕುಬ್ಜರೂ ಇದ್ದರೂ ದ್ವಿಜಸತ್ತಮರು ಆಗಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A sage recites three names as if invoking a triad; three subtle luminous silhouettes (Asita, Devala, Śāṇḍila) appear behind him like ancestral presences; among listeners, a dignified hunchbacked brāhmaṇa sits foremost.
FAQs
Outer form or physical limitation does not negate inner excellence; dharma honors virtue and learning.
Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred region where these lineages are being enumerated.
No explicit rite is described; the verse supports ritual identity through gotra and seer-names used in ceremonies.