Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे महादेवो दशकन्या गुणान्विताः । ब्रह्मणो वरयामास ह्युद्वाहेन युयोज ह
tatra tīrthe mahādevo daśakanyā guṇānvitāḥ | brahmaṇo varayāmāsa hyudvāhena yuyoja ha
At that tīrtha, Mahādeva sought in marriage the ten maidens endowed with virtues, and indeed joined them to Brahmā in wedlock.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued narration)
Tirtha: Daśakanyā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: King
Scene: At the river-ford, Mahādeva presides over a ceremonial marriage arrangement: ten virtuous maidens are presented and ritually united to Brahmā, with sages and devas witnessing.
FAQs
Tīrthas are validated through sacred history: divine acts (here involving Śiva and Brahmā) establish the place’s sanctity and enduring merit.
Daśakanyā-tīrtha, explained through its divine-origin narrative.
No direct prescription; the verse provides a mythic account connected with udvāha (marriage) as sacred precedent.