Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 170
गोधरीयाश्च ये जाता ब्राह्मणा ज्ञानसत्तमाः । गोत्रत्रयमथो वक्ष्ये यथा चैवाप्यनुक्रमात्
godharīyāśca ye jātā brāhmaṇā jñānasattamāḥ | gotratrayamatho vakṣye yathā caivāpyanukramāt
และพราหมณ์ผู้บังเกิดเป็น “โคธรียะ” —ผู้ยอดเยี่ยมในญาณ—บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวถึงโคตรทั้งสามตามลำดับและตามสายสืบเนื่อง
Unspecified in excerpt (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration to sages)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher-sage points to a three-part genealogical chart (symbolic) while students listen; behind them, the forest āśrama and a small altar indicate living tradition.
FAQs
Dharma is transmitted through ordered tradition—lineage, learning, and remembered sequence.
Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred region where these gotras are being enumerated.
None directly; it introduces an ordered listing of gotras.