Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
न तस्याः सदृशः कांतः प्राप्तस्तेन महात्मना । यतस्ततोऽहमादिष्टः कांतमस्यास्त्वमानय । अनुरूपं द्विजश्रेष्ठ यद्यहं संमतस्तव
na tasyāḥ sadṛśaḥ kāṃtaḥ prāptastena mahātmanā | yatastato'hamādiṣṭaḥ kāṃtamasyāstvamānaya | anurūpaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yadyahaṃ saṃmatastava
அந்த மகாத்மாவுக்கு அவளுக்கு ஒப்பான தகுதியான வரன் கிடைக்கவில்லை. ஆகவே எனக்கு ஆணையிட்டார்: ‘இந்தப் பெண்ணுக்கு ஏற்ற கணவரை கொண்டு வா, ஹே த்விஜச்ரேஷ்டா—நீ என் வேண்டுகோளை ஏற்றால்.’
Garuḍa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Garuḍa explains the difficulty of finding a husband equal to Mādhavī; the brāhmaṇa friend charges Garuḍa to bring a worthy groom—an earnest, duty-laden moment.
FAQs
Dharma values suitability and virtue in life-partnership; responsibility to family and social order is treated as sacred duty.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse; the story sets up later developments.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the theme relates to dharmic marriage suitability.