Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93
सत्यसंध उवाच । आनर्त्ताधिपतिश्चाहं सत्यसंध इति स्मृतः । मम कर्णोत्पलानाम सुतेयं दयिता सदा । सोहमस्याः प्रदानार्थं ब्रह्मलोकमितो गतः । प्रष्टुं पितामहं देवं स्थितस्तत्र मुहूर्तवत्
satyasaṃdha uvāca | ānarttādhipatiścāhaṃ satyasaṃdha iti smṛtaḥ | mama karṇotpalānāma suteyaṃ dayitā sadā | sohamasyāḥ pradānārthaṃ brahmalokamito gataḥ | praṣṭuṃ pitāmahaṃ devaṃ sthitastatra muhūrtavat
Satyasaṃdha dit : «Je suis le seigneur d’Ānarta, connu sous le nom de Satyasaṃdha. J’ai une fille bien-aimée nommée Karṇotpalā. Afin de la donner en mariage, je suis parti d’ici pour Brahmaloka, pour interroger le dieu Pitāmaha, Brahmā, et j’y demeurai comme si ce n’était qu’un instant.»
Satyasaṃdha (the king of Ānarta)
Tirtha: Ānarta (regional kṣetra context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas / dvija-śreṣṭhas (addressed in narrative frame)
Scene: Two-part tableau: (1) King Satyasaṃdha in Ānarta with his daughter Karṇotpalā; (2) the king arriving at Brahmaloka, approaching four-faced Brahmā on a lotus-throne, with celestial architecture and time-symbols (hourglass, sun-moon).
FAQs
Even royal duties like arranging a daughter’s marriage are to be guided by dharma and consultation with higher wisdom (Brahmā), not mere personal will.
The broader context is the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, where the king’s account supports the site’s sacred narrative frame.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse centers on dharmic intent behind kanyā-pradāna (giving a daughter in marriage).