Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 171
यो दत्वा कन्यकां पूर्वं पश्चाद्यच्छेन्न दुर्मतिः । स याति नरकं घोरं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
yo datvā kanyakāṃ pūrvaṃ paścādyacchenna durmatiḥ | sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
Wer, nachdem er zuvor eine Jungfrau gegeben hat, sie später wieder zurücknehmen will—ein solcher Mann mit bösem Sinn gelangt in eine schreckliche Hölle, bis zur Auflösung der Wesen.
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.
FAQs
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.