Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
अस्मिन्वंशे च ये जाता ब्राह्मणाः सत्यवादिनः । अलौल्याश्च महायज्ञा वेदाज्ञाप्रतिपालकाः
asminvaṃśe ca ye jātā brāhmaṇāḥ satyavādinaḥ | alaulyāśca mahāyajñā vedājñāpratipālakāḥ
اور اس وَنش میں پیدا ہونے والے برہمن سچ بولنے والے ہیں؛ لالچ سے پاک، مہایَجْن کرنے والے، اور وید کی آگیاؤں کے پاسبان ہیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A dignified sacrificial hall: brāhmaṇas with śikhā and yajñopavīta, tending three fires, reciting Veda; a central figure speaks truthfully, rejecting gifts offered with greed; manuscripts and ladles (sruk/sruva) visible.
FAQs
The highest lineage is measured by conduct—truthfulness, non-greed, sacrifice, and steadfast protection of Vedic dharma.
The verse is ethical-genealogical and does not directly glorify a named tīrtha in this excerpt.
It praises performance of great yajñas and obedience to Vedic injunctions, without detailing a specific rite.