Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
आद्यस्य वत्ससंज्ञस्य नाम उच्चार्य गोत्रजम् । ततो नामानि चाप्येवं कीर्तयिष्यंति भक्तितः
ādyasya vatsasaṃjñasya nāma uccārya gotrajam | tato nāmāni cāpyevaṃ kīrtayiṣyaṃti bhaktitaḥ
Primeiro, pronunciarão o nome do ancestral mais antigo—designado como “Vatsa”—junto com o nome do gotra. Depois, do mesmo modo, recitarão também os demais nomes com devoção.
Śiva (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: A priest prompts a descendant to pronounce the progenitor’s name ‘Vatsa’ and the gotra; the performer holds kuśa and water, lips forming the recitation; a palm-leaf genealogy list nearby.
FAQs
Ancestral rites require mindful identification—names and gotra—done with devotion, not mechanically.
The verse sits within a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse, but it does not name a specific site in this line alone.
Pronounce the primary ancestor’s name with gotra first, then recite subsequent names in order.
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