Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62
भार्गवच्यावनाप्नुवानौर्वश्च जमदग्निकः । अस्मिन्गोत्रे भवा विप्राः स्थूलाश्च बहुबुद्धयः
bhārgavacyāvanāpnuvānaurvaśca jamadagnikaḥ | asmingotre bhavā viprāḥ sthūlāśca bahubuddhayaḥ
या वंशात पूज्य पितृऋषी—भार्गव, च्यावन, आप्नुवान, और्व आणि जमदग्नी—प्रसिद्ध आहेत. या गोत्रात देहाने सुदृढ व बुद्धीने समृद्ध असे ब्राह्मण जन्मास येतात.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)
Scene: A calm genealogical tableau: five ancient seers seated in tapas posture, with palm-leaf manuscripts and sacrificial implements; a younger brāhmaṇa lineage shown as sturdy, attentive students receiving the names.
FAQs
It honors Vedic lineage (gotra/pravara) as a dharmic framework for identity, ritual propriety, and remembrance of revered ṛṣis.
The immediate focus is lineage (gotra/pravara) within Dharmāraṇya; a specific tīrtha is not named in this verse.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse provides pravara-style ancestral identification relevant to Vedic rites.