Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
मा ददस्वेति यत्पापं गोवह्निब्राह्मणेषु च । तत्पापं याति विलयं कन्यादानेन पाण्डव
mā dadasveti yatpāpaṃ govahnibrāhmaṇeṣu ca | tatpāpaṃ yāti vilayaṃ kanyādānena pāṇḍava
Oh Pāṇḍava, cualquier pecado que se contrae al decir “no des” respecto de las vacas, del fuego sagrado y de los brāhmaṇas, ese pecado se disuelve mediante el kanyādāna, el don de una doncella.
Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira, ‘Pāṇḍava’)
Listener: A Pāṇḍava addressed as ‘Pāṇḍava/Pāṇḍunandana’ (and/or the royal interlocutor in the Revā-khaṇḍa frame)
Scene: A dhārmic household scene: a supplicant brāhmaṇa near a consecrated agni and a cow; the donor’s earlier refusal dissolves as a marriage rite (kanyādāna) is performed, symbolizing expiation.
FAQs
Generosity aligned with dharma—especially kanyādāna—has the power to dissolve deep moral faults rooted in stinginess and disrespect.
This verse focuses on dāna rather than a site; the Revā Khaṇḍa context broadly relates to Narmadā sacred tradition.
Kanyādāna (giving a daughter in marriage according to dharma) is prescribed as a powerful purifier of sin.