Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
कन्यां यच्छति वृद्धाय नीचाय धनलिप्सया । कुरूपाय कुशीलाय स प्रेतो जायते नरः
kanyāṃ yacchati vṛddhāya nīcāya dhanalipsayā | kurūpāya kuśīlāya sa preto jāyate naraḥ
जो धनलोभाने आपल्या कन्येचा विवाह वृद्ध, नीच, कुरूप व कुकर्मी पुरुषाशी लावतो—तो नर प्रेत म्हणून जन्मतो.
Unspecified in snippet (likely the respondent/teacher in the dialogue)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A cautionary scene: a father exchanges his daughter in marriage for wealth to an unsuitable groom (old/base/ill-favored/bad conduct), with the karmic shadow of pretatva looming; the king listens to the warning.
FAQs
Family and marriage decisions must be guided by dharma, not greed; exploiting a daughter for wealth is condemned with severe karmic consequence.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is an ethical warning regarding kanyā-dāna and motives.