Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62
भार्गवच्यावनाप्नुवानौर्वश्च जमदग्निकः । अस्मिन्गोत्रे भवा विप्राः स्थूलाश्च बहुबुद्धयः
bhārgavacyāvanāpnuvānaurvaśca jamadagnikaḥ | asmingotre bhavā viprāḥ sthūlāśca bahubuddhayaḥ
अस्मिन्वंशे पूज्याः पितृऋषयः—भार्गवः, च्यावनः, आप्नुवानः, और्वः, जमदग्निश्च। अस्मिन्गोत्रे विप्राः स्थूलदेहाः बहुबुद्धयश्च जायन्ते।
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.