यो दत्वा कन्यकां पूर्वं पश्चाद्यच्छेन्न दुर्मतिः । स याति नरकं घोरं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
yo datvā kanyakāṃ pūrvaṃ paścādyacchenna durmatiḥ | sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
مَن قدّم فتاةً أولًا ثم أراد بعد ذلك أن يستردّها—فإنّ صاحب النية الخبيثة يذهب إلى جحيمٍ مروّعٍ إلى حين فناء الكائنات وانحلالها.
Ghaṃṭaka (continuing his argument)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solemn pronouncement scene: a sage or narrator states the rule; in the background, a symbolic vision of naraka—dark chasm and flames—contrasts with the orderly assembly, underscoring consequence.
Gifts and vows—especially involving marriage—must not be revoked; dharma condemns betrayal of pledged responsibility.
None is named; the teaching is ethical within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
It implicitly upholds the inviolability of kanyā-dāna once given; no step-by-step ritual is described.
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