Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
एते मातृगणाः प्राप्ता अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणकाः । एकैक गोत्रमुख्याश्च एकैकस्य प्रमाणतः
ete mātṛgaṇāḥ prāptā aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇakāḥ | ekaika gotramukhyāśca ekaikasya pramāṇataḥ
ഈ മാതൃഗണങ്ങൾ അറുപത്തെട്ട് എണ്ണത്തിൽ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു; അതുപോലെ നിയമപ്രകാരം ഓരോന്നിനും ഓരോ ഗോത്രത്തിനും ഒരോ മുഖ്യനും സമാഗതനാണ്.
Unspecified (narrative voice reporting attendance/organization)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred assembly where sixty-eight Mātṛ-groups are present, each paired with a corresponding gotra chief—an ordered, ceremonial gathering.
FAQs
Dharma at a tīrtha is upheld through both divine energies (Mātṛs) and human social order (gotra leadership).
The verse belongs to the Audumbarī-associated tīrtha narrative, emphasizing the sacred assembly around its establishment.
No explicit ritual; it records the formal presence/registration of groups and leaders for sacred duty.