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
അവൻ മഹാധനികനും ശാന്തസ്വഭാവിയും എന്നും രാജസഖാവുമായിരുന്നു; അവന്റെ അപേക്ഷ നിഷേധിച്ചാൽ അപകീർത്തിയെന്ന ഭയത്തിൽ കന്യയുടെ പിതാവ് അവളെ അവനു നൽകി।
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.