Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
अनेन मम दातव्यं तृतीयं पदमेव च । तस्माद्बद्धो मया साध्वि गरुडेनैव ते पतिः
anena mama dātavyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ padameva ca | tasmādbaddho mayā sādhvi garuḍenaiva te patiḥ
“ഈ വാഗ്ദാനപ്രകാരം മൂന്നാം പാദവും എനിക്ക് നൽകേണ്ടതുണ്ട്; അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ സാധ്വീ, നിന്റെ ഭർത്താവിനെ ഞാൻ—ഗരുഡനാൽ തന്നേ—ബന്ധിപ്പിച്ചു।”
Bhagavān (Viṣṇu/Vāmana)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vāmana states the third step must be given; Garuḍa binds Bali (implied off-frame or shown restraining a king), while Vindhyāvalī listens, torn between fear and understanding.
FAQs
A vow once given must be honored; dharma binds both giver and receiver to truth.
The broader narrative sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-kṣetra Māhātmya, using famous episodes to teach dharma in the sacred-geography frame.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the focus is on dāna (the pledged gift) and fidelity to one’s promise.