Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 170
गोधरीयाश्च ये जाता ब्राह्मणा ज्ञानसत्तमाः । गोत्रत्रयमथो वक्ष्ये यथा चैवाप्यनुक्रमात्
godharīyāśca ye jātā brāhmaṇā jñānasattamāḥ | gotratrayamatho vakṣye yathā caivāpyanukramāt
ഗോധരീയരായി ജനിച്ച ജ്ഞാനത്തിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠരായ ബ്രാഹ്മണർ; ഇനി ഞാൻ ക്രമാനുസരിച്ച് മൂന്നു ഗോത്രങ്ങളെ വിവരിക്കും।
Unspecified in excerpt (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration to sages)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher-sage points to a three-part genealogical chart (symbolic) while students listen; behind them, the forest āśrama and a small altar indicate living tradition.
FAQs
Dharma is transmitted through ordered tradition—lineage, learning, and remembered sequence.
Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred region where these gotras are being enumerated.
None directly; it introduces an ordered listing of gotras.