Matsya Purana — The Dialogue of Kacha and Devayani: Dharma, Shloka 5
स समापितविद्यो मां भक्तां न त्यक्तुमर्हसि गृहाण पाणिं विधिवन् मम मन्त्रपुरस्कृतम् //
sa samāpitavidyo māṃ bhaktāṃ na tyaktumarhasi gṛhāṇa pāṇiṃ vidhivan mama mantrapuraskṛtam //
এতিয়া তোমাৰ বিদ্যা সম্পূৰ্ণ; সেয়ে মোক—তোমাৰ ভক্তা—ত্যাগ কৰা তোমাৰ বাবে উচিত নহয়। বিধিমতে, মন্ত্ৰোচ্চাৰণে পবিত্ৰ কৰি, মোৰ পাণিগ্ৰহণ কৰা।
FAQs
This verse does not address pralaya or cosmology; it focuses on dharma in human life—specifically the transition from completed study to household life through a mantra-sanctioned rite.
It reflects gṛhastha-dharma: after completing brahmacarya (formal study), one is expected to enter household life through a lawful, ritual marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa) performed vidhivat with mantras, rather than abandoning a devoted partner.
The ritual significance is explicit: marriage is to be conducted “vidhivat” and “mantra-puraskṛtam,” indicating that formal Vedic mantras and correct procedure authorize and sanctify the union.