Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
कथमुद्वहनार्थी च येनानंगः कृत स्मरः । अत्यासन्नेचातिदूरे आढ्ये धनविवर्जिते । वृत्तिहीने च मूर्खे च कन्यादानं न शस्यते
kathamudvahanārthī ca yenānaṃgaḥ kṛta smaraḥ | atyāsannecātidūre āḍhye dhanavivarjite | vṛttihīne ca mūrkhe ca kanyādānaṃ na śasyate
„Wie könnte man die Ehe mit dem begehren, durch den Smara (Kāma), der körperlose Ananga, so gemacht wurde? Zudem wird die Hingabe einer Tochter zur Ehe nicht gepriesen, wenn die Verbindung zu nah oder zu fern ist, wenn der Mann reich oder mittellos ist, wenn er ohne Erwerb ist oder wenn er töricht ist.“
Himavān (Himālaya)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience/rishis in the narrative frame (contextual)
Scene: Himālaya reasons aloud: how can one seek a conventional marriage with the one who burned Kāma; he lists unsuitable matches (too near/far, rich/poor, livelihood-less, foolish).
FAQs
Marriage is a dharmic responsibility; suitability and stability are weighed carefully, not merely emotion or status.
No specific tirtha is praised in this verse; it occurs within the Himalayan Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.
It gives a dharma-guideline: kanyā-dāna is not advised under certain unsuitable conditions (distance, extremes of wealth/poverty, lack of livelihood, folly).