Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
काले दारक्रियां तस्य चिन्तयामास शंकरः । स उवाच प्रसन्नात्मा गांगेयममितद्युतिम्
kāle dārakriyāṃ tasya cintayāmāsa śaṃkaraḥ | sa uvāca prasannātmā gāṃgeyamamitadyutim
സമയമായപ്പോൾ ശങ്കരൻ അവന്റെ വിവാഹകർമ്മത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് ചിന്തിച്ചു. പ്രസന്നഹൃദയത്തോടെ അദ്ദേഹം ഗംഗാജാതനായ അമിതദീപ്തിയുള്ളവനെ അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: Skanda (Gaṅgeya)
Scene: Śaṅkara, calm and benevolent, considers Skanda’s marriage rite and addresses the radiant Gaṅgā-born son; intimate counsel scene.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors life-stages; even the divine models timely reflection on duties such as marriage.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
The concept of dārakriyā (marriage rite) is mentioned generally, without details of procedure.