Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
यद्यायाति स ते रात्रावद्य कौमारहारकः । चोरो बाहुलतापाशैः पाशितव्योतियत्नतः
yadyāyāti sa te rātrāvadya kaumārahārakaḥ | coro bāhulatāpāśaiḥ pāśitavyotiyatnataḥ
ഇന്ന് രാത്രിയിൽ ആ കുമാരീഹാരക കള്ളൻ നിന്റെ അടുക്കൽ വന്നാൽ, വള്ളിപോലെയുള്ള നിന്റെ ഭുജപാശങ്ങളാൽ അവനെ അത്യന്തം സൂക്ഷ്മമായി ബന്ധിക്കണം।
Friends of the maiden (within the narrative) [deduced from plural voice and counsel]
Tirtha: Ratneśvara context (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)
Scene: Friends advise the heroine: if the maiden-stealing ‘thief’ comes at night, bind him carefully with the nooses of her vine-like arms—playful yet assertive romantic imagery.
FAQs
The narrative frames destined, dharmic union as something to be embraced with resolve after receiving divine assurance.
Implicitly Kāśī’s Ratneśvara Liṅga, since the entire counsel follows the boon obtained there.
No formal rite; it is narrative instruction using metaphor (binding with arms) rather than a liturgical act.