Before trying to specify ranges to the SkipLines option, I think I first need to understand its usage.
Suppose I want to skip lines 5, 6 and 7.
Then why neither "SkipLines" -> {{5, 6, 7}}
nor "SkipLines" -> {5, 6, 7}
work?
By the way, see Rohit Namjoshi comment for a similar question I asked.