Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
कुलीनाय सुरूपाय गुणज्ञाय मनीषिणे । सुलग्ने सुमुहूर्ते च दद्यात्कन्यामलंकृताम्
kulīnāya surūpāya guṇajñāya manīṣiṇe | sulagne sumuhūrte ca dadyātkanyāmalaṃkṛtām
Hendaklah gadis yang dihias itu diserahkan dalam perkahwinan kepada lelaki yang mulia keturunannya, elok rupanya, mengenal kebajikan dan bijaksana—pada lagna yang baik serta muhūrta yang berkat.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa milieu
Type: kshetra
Listener: the questioner
Scene: A wedding pavilion scene: the bride adorned; elders and priests; the groom depicted as noble and learned; an auspicious moment marked by ritual gestures and celestial signs (lagna).
FAQs
That kanyādāna should be performed responsibly—offering the daughter to a worthy groom and at an auspicious time.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a dharma-instruction within Revākhaṇḍa.
To conduct the marriage-gift at a proper lagna and muhūrta, and to give the bride adorned, to a qualified groom.