Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
धर्म उवाच । न प्रार्थयेहं सुभगे पितरं तव सुंदरि । गांधर्वेण विवाहेन कुरु मे त्वं समीहितम्
dharma uvāca | na prārthayehaṃ subhage pitaraṃ tava suṃdari | gāṃdharveṇa vivāhena kuru me tvaṃ samīhitam
ଧର୍ମ କହିଲା—ହେ ସୁଭଗେ ସୁନ୍ଦରୀ, ମୁଁ ତୁମ ପିତାଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା କରିବି ନାହିଁ। ଗାନ୍ଧର୍ବ ବିବାହରେ ମୋର ଅଭୀଷ୍ଟ ପୂରଣ କର।
Dharma
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dharma speaks directly, rejecting the formal request to the father and proposing gāndharva marriage; the maiden listens, conflicted between propriety and the suitor’s urgency.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes tension between impulse and propriety—Purāṇic dharma warns that desire seeks shortcuts, while order demands restraint.
None explicitly; it is a narrative segment within Kāśī-khaṇḍa.
It mentions the gāndharva form of marriage (union by mutual choice), though presented here as Dharma’s preferred method rather than a general injunction.