Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32
भार्गवश्च्यवनाप्नुवानौर्वश्च जमदग्निकः । पंचैते प्रवरा राजन्विख्याता लोकविश्रुताः
bhārgavaścyavanāpnuvānaurvaśca jamadagnikaḥ | paṃcaite pravarā rājanvikhyātā lokaviśrutāḥ
அரசே, பார்கவ, ச்யவன, ஆப்னுவான, ஊர்வ, ஜாமதக்ன்ய—இவ்வைந்து ப்ரவரர்கள் உலகமெங்கும் புகழ்பெற்று பிரசித்தியடைந்தவர்கள் ஆவர்।
Unspecified narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: A royal listener is addressed while a sage enumerates five famed Bhṛgu-line pravaras; the atmosphere is that of a quiet forest-āśrama or courtly sabhā with palm-leaf manuscripts and sacrificial implements nearby.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved through remembrance of sacred lineage (pravara), linking ritual life to revered ṛṣis.
No single tīrtha is praised in this verse; it focuses on pravara tradition within the Dharmāraṇya context.
Implicitly, it supports pravara-recitation used in saṃskāras and Vedic rites for lineage declaration.