Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
यज्ञस्थायर्त्विजे दैवस्तज्जःपाति चतुर्दश । वरादादाय गोद्वंद्वमार्षस्तज्जः पुनाति षट्
yajñasthāyartvije daivastajjaḥpāti caturdaśa | varādādāya godvaṃdvamārṣastajjaḥ punāti ṣaṭ
यज्ञे स्थिताय ऋत्विजे कन्यादानं दैवो विवाहः; तज्जः पुत्रश्चतुर्दश पालयति। वरात् गोद्वन्द्वं गृह्यते यत्र स आर्षः; तज्जः पुत्रः षट् पावयति।
Skanda (continuing from 38.1)
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Two vignettes: (1) Daiva marriage—bride offered to a yajña-officiating priest near a sacrificial altar; (2) Ārṣa marriage—pair of cows presented as symbolic consideration; elders witness the exchange with restraint.
FAQs
Marriage aligned with sacrificial duty and restrained exchange is framed as dharmic, producing protective and purifying merit for lineage.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is dharma classification within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Giving the bride to an officiating priest in a yajña (Daiva), and the taking/acceptance of a pair of cows (Ārṣa) are described as defining features.