Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
विश्वामित्रो देवरातस्तृतीयौ दल एव च । आंगिरसबार्हस्पत्यभारद्वाजास्तथैव च
viśvāmitro devarātastṛtīyau dala eva ca | āṃgirasabārhaspatyabhāradvājāstathaiva ca
ഇവിടെ വിശ്വാമിത്രനും ദേവരാതനും, കൂടാതെ തൃതീയനും ദലനും പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; അതുപോലെ ആംഗിരസ, ബാർഹസ്പത്യ, ഭാരദ്വാജ എന്നീ പ്രവർ/വംശങ്ങളും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic cataloguing style within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Scene: A calm hermitage setting where a ṛṣi or learned brāhmaṇa recites a lineage-roll: names of Viśvāmitra, Devarāta, Tṛtīya, Dala, and the pravaras Āṅgirasa–Bārhaspatya–Bhāradvāja, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a small sacred fire.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through remembered lineage (pravara–gotra), which supports ritual correctness and cultural continuity.
This verse is primarily genealogical (pravara/gotra) within Dharmāraṇya; it does not directly praise a single tīrtha in this snippet.
No direct ritual act is prescribed here; the verse supplies names used for pravara invocation in Vedic rites.