Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
सावित्र्युवाच । सकृज्जल्पंति राजानः सकृज्जल्पंति ब्राह्मणाः । सकृत्कन्या प्रदीयेत त्रीण्येतानि सकृत्सकृत्
sāvitryuvāca | sakṛjjalpaṃti rājānaḥ sakṛjjalpaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ | sakṛtkanyā pradīyeta trīṇyetāni sakṛtsakṛt
Dijo Sāvitrī: «Los reyes pronuncian su palabra empeñada una sola vez; los brahmanes también hablan una sola vez. Una doncella se entrega en matrimonio una sola vez: estas tres cosas son “una vez y sólo una vez”.»
Sāvitrī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (father) and assembly (implied)
Scene: Sāvitrī speaks with calm firmness, enumerating three ‘once-only’ dharmic acts; a courtly setting with the king and sages listening, Prabhāsa’s sacred aura implied.
FAQs
Integrity of speech and commitment—once a righteous pledge is made, it should not be broken.
Indirectly Prabhāsakṣetra, as the Māhātmya frames Dharma teachings through exemplary narratives.
It alludes to kanyā-pradāna (giving the maiden in marriage), a key component of vivāha-saṃskāra.