Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
सच्छूद्रस्याधिकारे सा कदाचिन्नैव जायते । या कन्या स्वयमुद्यम्य पित्रा दत्ता वराय च
sacchūdrasyādhikāre sā kadācinnaiva jāyate | yā kanyā svayamudyamya pitrā dattā varāya ca
She never at any time falls within the rightful sphere of a worthy Śūdra—namely, that maiden whom the father, of his own accord, gives to a bridegroom.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Scene: A domestic dharma scene: a father formally offering his daughter’s hand to a groom in a ritual setting, with elders witnessing; emphasis on propriety and rite rather than romance.
FAQs
It frames marriage as governed by prescribed social-dharmic boundaries, emphasizing ‘rightful entitlement’ as defined by the text’s normative order.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It alludes to the act of a father giving the maiden to a groom (kanyādāna) but does not describe procedural ritual details here.
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