Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
सहोभौ चरतां धर्ममित्युक्त्वा दीयतेर्थिने । यत्र कन्या प्राजापत्यस्तज्जो वंशान्पुनाति षट्
sahobhau caratāṃ dharmamityuktvā dīyaterthine | yatra kanyā prājāpatyastajjo vaṃśānpunāti ṣaṭ
Là où la jeune fille est donnée à un prétendant digne après avoir dit : «Puissiez-vous tous deux pratiquer ensemble le dharma», tel est le mariage Prājāpatya ; le fils qui en naît purifie six lignées.
Skanda (continuing from 38.1)
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: The defining moment is the spoken blessing: elders give the maiden to a worthy suitor with the injunction ‘saho bhau caratāṃ dharmam’; the couple stands poised as partners in dharma.
FAQs
The heart of marriage is shared dharma—husband and wife are enjoined to walk together in righteous duty.
No specific sacred site is mentioned; it is a dharma instruction embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
The defining prescription is the verbal dharmic injunction at the time of giving the bride: ‘May you both practice dharma together.’