पिता पितामहो भ्राता सकुल्यो जननी तथा । कन्याप्रदः पूर्वनाशे प्रकृतिस्थः परःपरः
pitā pitāmaho bhrātā sakulyo jananī tathā | kanyāpradaḥ pūrvanāśe prakṛtisthaḥ paraḥparaḥ
தந்தை, பாட்டன், சகோதரன், குலத்தவன் மற்றும் தாய் ஆகியோர் கன்னிகாதானம் செய்ய உரியவர்கள். முன்னவர் இல்லாதபோது, அடுத்தவர் (தகுதி உடையவராயின்) அவ்வுரிமையைப் பெறுவர்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A formal assembly: father, grandfather, brother, clan elder, and mother seated in order, with a maiden and a prospective groom; a priest indicates the sequence of authority with a palm-leaf text.
It frames marriage duties as ordered responsibilities, preserving dharmic continuity through a clear succession of guardians.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a dharma-rule within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s instructional passages.
It outlines who may perform kanyādāna, and the order of eligibility when the primary guardian is unavailable.