Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स ब्राह्मो वरमाहूय यत्र कन्या स्वलंकृता । दीयते तत्सुतः पूयात्पुरुषानेकविंशतिम्
sa brāhmo varamāhūya yatra kanyā svalaṃkṛtā | dīyate tatsutaḥ pūyātpuruṣānekaviṃśatim
हा ब्राह्म-विवाह म्हणतात—जिथे वरास बोलावून, अलंकृत कन्या त्यास अर्पण केली जाते. त्या संयोगातून जन्मलेला पुत्र एकवीस पिढ्यांतील पुरुषांना पावन करतो.
Skanda (continuing from 38.1)
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: A formal Brāhma marriage: the groom is respectfully invited; the bride, richly adorned, is ceremonially given with Vedic solemnity; elders and priests witness; the theme is purity and lineage uplift.
FAQs
A dharmic, orderly marriage is portrayed as spiritually potent, generating merit that uplifts family lineage.
No particular tīrtha is named; the teaching belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma instruction.
It indicates the formal act of inviting the groom and giving the adorned bride—core elements of the Brāhma marriage form.