Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तन्मया मनसा दत्तस्तस्यात्माऽयं पुरा किल । त्वया च वाचया चास्मै प्रदत्तास्मि तथा विभो । तत्कथं न पतिर्मे स्याद्ब्रूहि वा यदि मन्यसे
tanmayā manasā dattastasyātmā'yaṃ purā kila | tvayā ca vācayā cāsmai pradattāsmi tathā vibho | tatkathaṃ na patirme syādbrūhi vā yadi manyase
Dahulu, dengan hati dan fikiran aku telah menyerahkan diriku kepadanya; dan ayahanda juga, wahai yang perkasa, dengan kata-kata ayahanda telah menyerahkan aku kepadanya. Maka bagaimana mungkin dia bukan suamiku? Katakanlah jika ayahanda berpendapat lain.
Ratnāvatī (deduced from subsequent explicit marker at 198.30)
Listener: Her father (and implicitly the household elders)
Scene: Ratnāvatī argues before her father: she has already offered herself in mind to the man, and the father has given her by speech; she questions how the marriage can be denied.
FAQs
A vow made inwardly (mind) and outwardly (speech/word of elders) is treated as binding in dharma, and should not be dismissed lightly.
This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; the specific tīrtha is not named within this single verse.
No direct rite (snāna/dāna/japa) is prescribed here; the emphasis is on saṅkalpa (intent) and verbal commitment in dharma.
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