Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66
यो दत्त्वा कन्यकां वाचा पश्चाद्धरति दुर्मतिः । स याति नरकं चेति धर्मशास्त्रेषु निश्चितम्
yo dattvā kanyakāṃ vācā paścāddharati durmatiḥ | sa yāti narakaṃ ceti dharmaśāstreṣu niścitam
誓約の言葉によって処女を与えながら、のちに邪心をもってそれを取り戻す者は地獄に堕ちる—とダルマ・シャーストラに確定して説かれている。
The cursed petitioner (unnamed in the snippet)
Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor (e.g., Vyāsa/Śaunaka-frame typical of Purāṇic narration; specific listener not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A solemn dharma-court-like moment: a brāhmaṇa/muni confronted with the consequence of retracting a pledged kanyā-dāna; scriptures or sages as witnesses; atmosphere of moral dread.
FAQs
Breaking a solemn promise—especially in sacred social rites like marriage—has grave spiritual consequences.
No site is glorified in this verse.
It references the dharmic rule surrounding kanyādāna by word (vācā) and forbids withdrawing it after pledging.