Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
महाधनस्य शांतस्य सदा राजसखस्य च । याञ्चाभंगभयात्तस्य तां कन्यां प्रददौ पिता
mahādhanasya śāṃtasya sadā rājasakhasya ca | yāñcābhaṃgabhayāttasya tāṃ kanyāṃ pradadau pitā
ಅವನು ಮಹಾಧನಿಕ, ಶಾಂತಸ್ವಭಾವಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸದಾ ರಾಜನ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತನು; ಅವನ ಯಾಚನೆಯನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದರೆ ಅಪಕೀರ್ತಿ ಎಂಬ ಭಯದಿಂದ ಕನ್ಯೆಯ ತಂದೆ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಅವನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಿದನು।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: The girl’s father, anxious about refusal, offers his daughter; Padmanābha stands composed, backed by signs of wealth and royal association; onlookers sense the imbalance of power.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives highlight how fear, status, and worldly influence can shape decisions that later bear karmic results.
None; this is a social-narrative verse without geographical glorification.
No prescription; it describes the giving of the daughter in marriage due to social pressure.