 The Joshis denied their Brahmin claim, allegedly argued that they are not even entitled to Upabrāhmaṇa status which are mentioned in the "Śaivāgama".Thus they claimed that latter were not entitled to Vedokta Karmas and should follow only "Puraṇokta" rites and they were also against the Brahmins who performed Vedic rituals for the Daivadnyas, they incriminated that Daivadnyas have an impurity of descent and have a mixed-caste status or Saṅkara Jāti.On the contrary,against the Pune Brahmins,the highest authorities of Brahminical religion like "Shankaracharyas", "Madhwacharya", pundits of Kashi, Paithan etc ,in favour of the Daivadnyas,have always declared that Daivadnyas are Brahmins entitled to perform six duties of Brahmins or "Shatkarma".The British also issued orders to the Daivadnyas by which the Vedas not be applied for an improper purpose, the purity of the "Brahmin" caste be preserved and did not impose any restrictions on the Daivadnyas.This dispute almost took a pro-Daivadnya stance in "Bombay" in 1834, and were ordered to appoint the priests of only their own "Jāti" and not priests of any other caste as per the tradition.It is during these disputes Daivadnya Pundits came up with extensive literature like versions of Sahyadrikhanda of Skandapurana, to clear their maligned image by the Pune Brahmins.