Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 120
हाथीजणे च ये जाता वत्सा भारद्वाजास्तथा । ज्ञानजा यक्षिणी चैव गोत्रदेव्यौ प्रकी र्तिते
hāthījaṇe ca ye jātā vatsā bhāradvājāstathā | jñānajā yakṣiṇī caiva gotradevyau prakī rtite
اور جو ہاتھیجَنہ میں پیدا ہوئے وہ وَتس اور اسی طرح بھاردواج ہیں؛ وہاں گیانَجا اور یَکشِنی—یہ دونوں گوتردیویاں اعلان کی گئی ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a king; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Hāthījaṇa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A map-like narrative scene: the teacher points to a stylized grove labeled Hāthījaṇa; two groups of brāhmaṇas (Vatsa and Bhāradvāja) stand near twin shrines—one to Jñānajā (serene, book/rosary symbolism) and one to Yakṣiṇī (guardian, auspicious yet liminal).
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma preserves social-spiritual order by recording lineages alongside their protecting deities.
The Dharmāraṇya context is retained; this verse points to a sub-locality/community (Hāthījaṇa) rather than a famous pan-Indian tīrtha.
No explicit ritual; it implies gotra-devī reverence and correct lineage identification in rites.