Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
आंगिरसबार्हस्पत्यभारद्वाजस्तथैव च । विश्वामित्रदेव रातौप्रवरत्रयमेव च
āṃgirasabārhaspatyabhāradvājastathaiva ca | viśvāmitradeva rātaupravaratrayameva ca
ആംഗിരസ, ബാർഹസ്പത്യ, ഭാരദ്വാജ—ഇവയും പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. കൂടാതെ വിശ്വാമിത്ര–ദേവരാതനു പ്രവരത്രയവും പ്രഖ്യാപിതമാണ്।
Narrator (contextual; specifying pravara sets for gotras)
Scene: Three venerable seers appear as a triad (Āṅgirasa, Bṛhaspati/Bārhaspatya, Bhāradvāja) with a second triad motif for Viśvāmitra–Devarāta; a ritual altar indicates pravara invocation.
FAQs
Vedic identity is preserved through precise remembrance of pravaras—an act of fidelity to ṛṣi authority.
No specific tirtha is named; the verse serves the Dharmāraṇya region’s dharmic documentation.
Pravara identification is implied for use in rites (e.g., śrauta/smārta rituals), though no single ritual is detailed.