Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44
रत्नगंगां महादेवीं ददौ तामिति विक्रमी । मोहेरेकं ददौ तस्मै विवाहे दैवमोहितः
ratnagaṃgāṃ mahādevīṃ dadau tāmiti vikramī | moherekaṃ dadau tasmai vivāhe daivamohitaḥ
এইদৰে বিক্ৰমী ৰজাই সেই মহাদেৱী ৰত্নগঙ্গাক তেওঁৰ সৈতে বিবাহত অৰ্পণ কৰিলে। দৈৱৰ মোহত মোহিত হৈ, সেই বিবাহত নিজৰ একমাত্ৰ ধন-ৰত্নো তাক দান কৰিলে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: vatsa-addressed interlocutor
Scene: A wedding-gift tableau: the king, heroic yet inwardly clouded, offers Ratnagaṅgā—his 'sole treasure'—to Kumbhīpāla; attendants sense the weight of destiny.
FAQs
When rulers act under moha rather than dharma and counsel, personal decisions can become the seed of collective disorder.
The Dharmāraṇya narrative context continues; this verse centers on a royal marriage decision.
Vivāha (marriage) is referenced, but no detailed rite is described.