Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे कन्याविवहितेन तु । तव वित्तं प्रदास्यामि सुखी येन भविष्यसि
tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me kanyāvivahitena tu | tava vittaṃ pradāsyāmi sukhī yena bhaviṣyasi
അതിനാൽ, പെൺകുട്ടിയെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്തുതന്ന് എന്നോട് കരുണ കാണിക്കുക. ഞാൻ നിനക്ക് സമ്പത്ത് നൽകാം, അതുകൊണ്ട് നീ സന്തുഷ്ടനാകും.
Maṇibhadra (contextual continuation)
Scene: A man extends a pouch of coins/ornaments while requesting the girl’s marriage; the other party hesitates, torn between duty and greed; the girl is kept off to the side, unseen or in partial silhouette to show erasure of agency.
FAQs
Dharma should not be traded for wealth; the verse sets up a cautionary example of greed influencing sacred rites.
Not explicit in this verse; the tīrtha-māhātmya frame provides the sacred setting while the verse focuses on moral testing.
A requested action: conducting a marriage; it is framed improperly as being induced by payment (vitta).