Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
चतुर्विशतिगोत्राणि द्विजानां पांडवर्षभ । तेषां शाखाः प्रशाखाश्च पुत्रपौत्रादयस्तथा
caturviśatigotrāṇi dvijānāṃ pāṃḍavarṣabha | teṣāṃ śākhāḥ praśākhāśca putrapautrādayastathā
ഹേ പാണ്ഡവവൃഷഭ, ദ്വിജന്മാർക്ക് ഇരുപത്തിനാലു ഗോത്രങ്ങളുണ്ട്; അവർക്കു ശാഖ-പ്രശാഖകളും പുത്ര-പൗത്രാദി പരമ്പരകളും കൂടിയുണ്ട്।
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A schematic yet sacred depiction: Vyāsa explaining ‘twenty-four gotras’ with branching trees representing śākhās and praśākhās; disciples note down names; Dharmāraṇya hermitages behind.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved through clearly remembered lineages (gotra) and disciplined transmission across generations and scholastic branches.
The discussion is situated within Dharmāraṇya, highlighting it as a locus where Vedic lineages are established and remembered.
None directly; the verse frames the forthcoming traditional enumeration of gotras and their branches.