Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वस्थानस्य च गोत्रजान् । तथा हि प्रवरांश्चैव यथावद्विधिपूर्वकम्
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi svasthānasya ca gotrajān | tathā hi pravarāṃścaiva yathāvadvidhipūrvakam
Em seguida, explicarei os gotras pertencentes a Svasthāna e, do mesmo modo, os pravaras, exatamente como são, segundo a ordem correta da tradição e da regra.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Svasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A sage-narrator (Brahmā or a rishi) dictates a structured list of gotras and pravaras; scribes write on palm leaves; behind them a stylized mandala-map of Svasthāna indicating ordered tradition.
FAQs
Ritual identity and sacred tradition are safeguarded by accurately preserving gotra and pravara knowledge.
Svasthāna is contextualized as a sanctified locale whose communities are defined through gotra-pravara traditions.
The emphasis is on correct, rule-based transmission (yathāvat, vidhi-pūrvakam) of gotra and pravara information used in rites.