Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
ज्ञात्वा तु गोत्रदेवीं च तथा प्रवरमेव च । स्वस्थानं जायते चैव द्विजाः स्वस्थानवासिनः
jñātvā tu gotradevīṃ ca tathā pravarameva ca | svasthānaṃ jāyate caiva dvijāḥ svasthānavāsinaḥ
لیکن جو اپنے گوتر کی دیوی اور اپنے پرور کو جان لیتا ہے، اسی سے سواستھان حقیقتاً قائم ہوتا ہے؛ اور سواستھان میں بسنے والے دِوِج اپنے درست تشخص میں ثابت قدم ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Brahmā
Tirtha: Svasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Dvija families in Svasthāna gather around a teacher; each recites gotra and pravara while a small shrine to a feminine lineage-deity (gotra-devī) stands nearby; the settlement appears orderly and sanctified.
FAQs
Sacred belonging is not merely geographical; it is upheld through correct knowledge of lineage-deity and pravara used in dharmic rites.
Svasthāna is presented as a sanctified settlement whose residents are defined through dharmic-ritual lineage markers.
Knowing one’s gotradevī and pravara—key identifiers recited/used in Vedic and smārta rituals.