Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 161
अभद्रेण सुभद्रेण श्वशुरेण दुरात्मना । एतज्जानाम्यहं विप्रा गोत्रं वासिष्ठमेव वा
abhadreṇa subhadreṇa śvaśureṇa durātmanā | etajjānāmyahaṃ viprā gotraṃ vāsiṣṭhameva vā
โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้ารู้เพียงเท่านี้—ตามคำของพ่อตาผู้ใจชั่ว อภัทร บุตรสุภัทร—ว่าโคตรของข้าพเจ้าคือ วาสิษฐะ
The pilgrim/unknown man
Type: kshetra
Scene: The speaker, anxious yet honest, tells the brāhmaṇas that he only knows his gotra as Vāsiṣṭha, information received from a cruel father-in-law; the brāhmaṇas listen gravely.
FAQs
When lineage knowledge is fragmented or unreliable, dharma still seeks a compassionate, procedure-based path to purification.
The verse is part of a tīrtha-context dialogue but does not itself name the tīrtha; it focuses on identity needed for śuddhi.
It supplies partial gotra information (Vāsiṣṭha) relevant to determining proper śuddhi rites.