Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53
प्रवराश्च त्रयस्तेषां तत्त्वज्ञानस्वरूपकाः । कश्यपश्चैव वत्सश्च वसिष्ठश्च तृतीयकः
pravarāśca trayasteṣāṃ tattvajñānasvarūpakāḥ | kaśyapaścaiva vatsaśca vasiṣṭhaśca tṛtīyakaḥ
Ba pravara tối thượng của họ, mang hình tướng của tri kiến chân thật về tattva, là Kaśyapa, Vatsa, và vị thứ ba là Vasiṣṭha.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta-type purāṇic narrator)
Scene: Three luminous ṛṣis—Kaśyapa, Vatsa, Vasiṣṭha—appear as ‘pravara pillars’ behind a ritual fire; each holds a different emblem (kamandalu, palm-leaf, darbha), signifying tattva-jñāna as their shared essence.
FAQs
Pravara remembrance links ritual life to ṛṣi-wisdom, grounding dharma in tattva-jñāna (knowledge of reality).
No specific site is named; the verse focuses on pravara identification within Dharmāraṇya’s teaching context.
Implicitly, it supports pravara-recitation usage in rites (saṃkalpa), but no explicit ritual instruction is given here.