Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74
कमला च महालक्ष्मीर्द्वितीया यक्षिणी तथा । अस्मिन्गोत्रे च ये जाताः श्रौतस्मार्त्तरता बुधाः
kamalā ca mahālakṣmīrdvitīyā yakṣiṇī tathā | asmingotre ca ye jātāḥ śrautasmārttaratā budhāḥ
کملہ اور مہالکشمی کا ذکر ہے؛ اور دوسری کے طور پر یَکشِنی بھی۔ اور اس گوتر میں پیدا ہونے والے دانا شروت اور سمارْت—دونوں آچارن میں رَت رہتے ہیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa household/āśrama where Lakṣmī (as Kamalā/Mahālakṣmī) is symbolically present—lotus motifs, grantha study, and a small ritual fire—while the text praises those devoted to śrauta and smārta duties.
FAQs
True nobility is shown by fidelity to dharma—maintaining both Vedic (Śrauta) and traditional (Smārta) duties with wisdom.
No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it characterizes a gotra and its dhārmic disposition.
Implicitly, it commends adherence to Śrauta sacrifices and Smārta rites, but it gives no specific procedure.