Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91
पाणिग्रहणमात्रं ते कृत्वा भर्त्ता मृतः किल । कथं चायं सुतो जातस्तस्य कारणमुच्यताम्
pāṇigrahaṇamātraṃ te kṛtvā bharttā mṛtaḥ kila | kathaṃ cāyaṃ suto jātastasya kāraṇamucyatām
“നിനക്കൊപ്പം പാണിഗ്രഹണ-സംസ്കാരം മാത്രം നടത്തി നിന്റെ ഭർത്താവ് മരിച്ചുവെന്ന് പറയുന്നു. എന്നാൽ ഈ പുത്രൻ എങ്ങനെ ജനിച്ചു? അതിന്റെ കാരണം പറയുക.”
Brāhmaṇottamaḥ (a learned brāhmaṇa; specific name not given in snippet)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa gestures with an open palm, asking how a son could be born after the husband’s death; the woman’s face shows tension at the probing question.
FAQs
It highlights that unusual life-events demand a truthful, dharmic account—Purāṇas often use such questions to reveal divine grace or past karma.
No site is mentioned in this verse; it is a narrative inquiry.
Pāṇigrahaṇa (the marriage hand-taking rite) is referenced, but no new prescription is taught here.