Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सोऽपि हस्तकृते तोये तं क्षत्रियमुवाच ह । अद्यैव कुरु मे शीघ्रं विवाहं कन्यया सह
so'pi hastakṛte toye taṃ kṣatriyamuvāca ha | adyaiva kuru me śīghraṃ vivāhaṃ kanyayā saha
అతడు (మణిభద్రుడు) చేతిలో ఉంచిన జలాన్ని స్వీకరించి ఆ క్షత్రియునితో ఇలా అన్నాడు: “ఈ రోజే త్వరగా నా వివాహాన్ని ఆ కన్యతో నిర్వహించు।”
Maṇibhadra (within Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (frame audience)
Scene: Maṇibhadra holds the offered water in his palm (saṅkalpa accepted) and speaks with decisive authority; the Kṣatriya stands attentive; attendants prepare marriage items in the background—garlands, lamps, a small altar.
FAQs
Once dharmic consent is ritually established, the rite moves decisively toward completion; delay is discouraged when auspicious resolve is present.
The setting remains the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context), though the verse centers on the marriage request.
The request is to perform vivāha (marriage) immediately, following the kanyā-dāna initiation.