Skandapurana 3.2.39.87.2

3.2.39.87.2

ye vaṇijaḥ purā proktāḥ ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrakāḥ ..
trisahasrāstu traividyā daśapaṃcasahasrakāḥ .. 15 ..
cāturvidyāstathā proktā anyonyaṃ vṛttimāśritāḥ ..
satribhāgāstu traividyāścaturbhāgāstu cātriṇaḥ ..16..
vaṇijāṃ gṛhamāgatya paurohityasya nityaśaḥ ..
bhāgaṃ vibhajya saṃprāpuḥ kājeśena vinirmitāḥ .. 17 ..
parasparaṃ na vivāhaścāturvidyatrividyayoḥ ..
cāturvidyā mayā proktāstrividyāstu tathaiva ca .. 18 ..
traivibhāgena traividyāścaturbhāgena cātriṇaḥ ..
evaṃ jñātivibhāgastu kājeśena vinirmitaḥ .. .. 19 ..
kṛtakṛtyāstu te viprāḥ praṇemustānsurottamān ..
vṛttiṃ dattvā tato devāḥ svasthānaṃ ca pratasthire .. 3.2.39.20 ..
paṃcapaṃcāśadgrāmāṇāṃ te dvijāśca nivāsinaḥ ..
caturvidyāstu te proktāstadādi tu trividyakāḥ .. 21 ..
cāturvidyasya gotrāṇi daśapaṃca tathaiva ca ..
bhāradvājastathā vatsaḥ kauśikaḥ 8 kuśa eva ca .. 22 ..
śāṃḍilyaḥ 5 kaśyapaścaiva gautamaśchādanastathā 8 ..
jātūkarṇyastathā kuṃto vaśiṣṭho 11 dhāraṇastathā .. 23 ..
ātreyo māṃḍilaścaiva 14 laugākṣaśca 15 tataḥ param ..
svasthānānāṃ ca nāmāni pravakṣyāmyanupūrvaśaḥ .. 24 ..
sītāpūraṃ ca śrīkṣetraṃ 2 magoḍī ca 3 tathā smṛtā ..
jyeṭhalojastathā caiva śerathā ca tataḥ param .. 25 ..
chede tālī vanoḍī ca govyaṃdalī tathaiva ca ..
kaṃṭācoṣalī caiva kohecaṃ caṃdanastathā ..26..
thalagrāmaśca sohaṃ ca hāthaṃjaṃ kapaḍavāṇakam ..
vrajanhorī ca vanoḍī ca phīṇāṃ vagolaṃ dṛṇastathā (?).. ..27..
thalajā cāraṇaṃ siddhā bhālajāśca tataḥ param ..
mahovī āīyā malīā godharī āmataḥ param .. 28 ..

The merchants previously declared are thirty-six thousand; / the knowers of the three Vedas are three thousand; fifteen thousand / are declared to be the knowers of the four Vedas, mutually relying on the livelihood. / The knowers of the three Vedas have three shares, and the knowers of the four have four shares. / Having come to the merchants' house daily for the office of family priest, / having divided the share, they received it, arranged by the Lord of deeds. / There is no mutual marriage between the knower of four Vedas and the knower of three Vedas; / the knowers of four Vedas have been declared by me, and likewise the knowers of three Vedas. / The knowers of three Vedas [take] by a three-part share, and the knowers of four by a four-part share; / thus the caste division was arranged by the Lord of deeds. / Those brahmins, having accomplished their purpose, bowed to those best of gods; / having granted the livelihood, the gods then departed to their own abode. / Those twice-born were inhabitants of fifty-five villages; / they are declared as the knowers of the four Vedas, and from then on, the knowers of the three Vedas. / And fifteen are the lineages of the knower of the four Vedas: / Bhāradvāja, and Vatsa, Kauśika, and Kuśa; / Śāṇḍilya, Kaśyapa, Gautama, and Chādana; / Jātūkarṇya, Kuṃta, Vasiṣṭha, and Dhāraṇa; / Ātreya, Māṇḍila, and Laugākṣa after that. / And I will declare the names of their places in due order: / Sītāpūra, the sacred field, and Magoḍī is remembered thus; / Jyeṭhaloja, and after that Śerathā; / Chedetālī, Vanoḍī, and Govyandalī; / Kaṇṭācoṣalī, Koheca, and Candana; / Thalagrāma, Sohaṃ, Hāthañja, Kapaḍavāṇaka; / Vrajanhorī, Vanoḍī, Phīṇā, Vagola, and Dṛṇa; / Thalajā, Cāraṇa, Siddhā, and Bhālajā after that; / Mahovī, Āīyā, Malīā, Godharī, and Āma after that.