Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
आर्षे विवाहे गोद्वंद्वं यदुक्तं तत्र शस्यते । शुल्कमण्वपि कन्यायाः कन्याविक्रयपापकृत्
ārṣe vivāhe godvaṃdvaṃ yaduktaṃ tatra śasyate | śulkamaṇvapi kanyāyāḥ kanyāvikrayapāpakṛt
ಆರ್ಷ ವಿವಾಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಗೋವಿನ ಜೋಡಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ಲಾಘನೀಯವಾಗಿಯೇ ಅಂಗೀಕಾರ್ಯ. ಆದರೆ ಕನ್ಯೆಗೆಂದು ಅಲ್ಪಮಾತ್ರವೂ ಶುಲ್ಕ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದರೆ ಕನ್ಯಾವಿಕ್ರಯದ ಪಾಪಕ್ಕೆ ಪಾತ್ರನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Sūta (deduced, Brāhma Khaṇḍa dharma-narration context)
Scene: A Vedic marriage setting: sacred fire, bride and groom, elders; a pair of cows presented as āṛṣa-gift, while a rejected pile of coins symbolizes forbidden bride-price.
FAQs
Marriage is a sacred saṃskāra, not a transaction; monetizing it is condemned as moral wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is on marriage classification and ethics.
It permits the traditional go-dvaṃdva (pair of cows) in Ārṣa vivāha while forbidding any bride-price (śulka).