Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
अद्यप्रभृति यः कन्यामविदित्वा तु नागरम् । नागरो दास्यति क्वापि पतितः स भविष्यति
adyaprabhṛti yaḥ kanyāmaviditvā tu nāgaram | nāgaro dāsyati kvāpi patitaḥ sa bhaviṣyati
ตั้งแต่วันนี้เป็นต้นไป ผู้ใดให้กัญญาทานโดยมิได้ตรวจให้รู้ว่าเป็นนาคระก่อน ไม่ว่าทำที่ใด—ผู้นั้นจักเป็นผู้ตกต่ำ (ปติตะ)
Unspecified (same authority figure issuing a rule)
Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (community dharma sphere)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ; Brahmasthāna-āśrayins
Scene: A formal proclamation scene: the speaker warns the assembly about improper kanyādāna; in the background, a symbolic wedding fire and a veiled maiden indicate the gravity of saṃskāra purity.
FAQs
Social and ritual order (dharma) requires due verification and responsibility in sacraments like marriage.
No tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a dharmic injunction within the tīrtha narrative setting.
A prohibition: kanyādāna performed without proper ascertainment is declared dharmically ruinous (causing “patitatva”).