Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87
भृगुच्यवनाप्नवानौर्वपुरोध समेव च । शीहरी प्रथमा ज्ञेया द्वितीया यक्षिणी तथा
bhṛgucyavanāpnavānaurvapurodha sameva ca | śīharī prathamā jñeyā dvitīyā yakṣiṇī tathā
ഭൃഗു, ച്യവന, ആപ്നവ, ഔർവ, പുരോധ, സമ—ഇവരും ഈ പരമ്പരയിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു. ‘ശീഹരീ’യെ ആദ്യ (ഗോത്രമാതാവ്) എന്നും ‘യക്ഷിണീ’യെ രണ്ടാം എന്നും അറിയുക.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice addressing a king)
Scene: A sage points to a lineage tree showing Bhṛgu and descendants (Cyavana, Āpnava, Āurva, Purodha, Sama); two feminine figures symbolizing Śīharī and Yakṣiṇī as gotra-mothers appear as protective presences.
FAQs
Sacred tradition is remembered through r̥ṣi-lineages and ancestral lines, preserving dharma across generations.
The Dharmāraṇya region is the narrative frame; this verse emphasizes lineage enumeration rather than tirtha praise.
None; the verse lists r̥ṣi names and identifies two lineage-mothers.