Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
छांदोग्य उवाच । नागरो नागरं मुक्त्वा योऽन्यस्मै संप्रयच्छति । कन्यकां यः प्रगृह्णाति विवाहार्थं कथंचन
chāṃdogya uvāca | nāgaro nāgaraṃ muktvā yo'nyasmai saṃprayacchati | kanyakāṃ yaḥ pragṛhṇāti vivāhārthaṃ kathaṃcana
ഛാന്ദോഗ്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഒരു നാഗരൻ നാഗരബന്ധം വിട്ട് മറ്റൊരാൾക്ക് കന്യയെ സമർപ്പിച്ചാൽ; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ഏതുവിധേനയും വിവാഹാർത്ഥം കന്യയെ സ്വീകരിച്ചാൽ—
Chāndogya
Listener: Audience within the story (Nāgara community/king’s circle; contextual)
Scene: A Vedic-looking sage ‘Chāndogya’ speaks authoritatively, enumerating a rule: a Nāgara should not abandon a Nāgara match; the scene resembles a dharma-assembly with listeners attentive.
FAQs
Dharma is also expressed through social vows and community ethics; violating them is treated as a moral fault in the narrative.
The episode is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya section of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse introduces a rule/concern regarding marriage arrangements.