Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
यो विप्रो विरहार्तः सन्मृतः कामविमोहितः । सोऽस्याः पाणिग्रहं कृत्वा भवेस्मिन्निधनं गतः
yo vipro virahārtaḥ sanmṛtaḥ kāmavimohitaḥ | so'syāḥ pāṇigrahaṃ kṛtvā bhavesminnidhanaṃ gataḥ
That brāhmaṇa—tormented by separation and deluded by desire—died; and in this life, having taken her hand in marriage, he met death once again.
Unclear from excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa consumed by separation and desire dies; later, after marrying the same woman in another life, he meets death again—an image of karmic repetition and the wheel of saṃsāra.
FAQs
Unresolved desire and attachment can bind beings across lives, producing repeated suffering until purified by dharma and devotion.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
Only the term pāṇigraha (marriage) appears; no ritual steps are prescribed.