Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
प्रातिभो घातनश्चेति विवाहाः कथिता दश । एते हि हीनजातीनां विवाहाः परिकीर्तिताः
prātibho ghātanaśceti vivāhāḥ kathitā daśa | ete hi hīnajātīnāṃ vivāhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
‘Prātibha’ dan ‘Ghātana’—demikianlah perkahwinan dikatakan berjumlah sepuluh jenis. Inilah sesungguhnya yang diumumkan sebagai bentuk-bentuk perkahwinan bagi golongan kelahiran rendah.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Scene: A sober discourse scene emphasizing classification and social gradation; the teacher points to a list of ten forms inscribed on a manuscript board.
FAQs
The verse presents a classificatory dharma framework, mapping different social contexts to different recognized forms.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It completes the enumeration of ten marriage forms by adding Prātibha and Ghātana.