Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे महादेवो दशकन्या गुणान्विताः । ब्रह्मणो वरयामास ह्युद्वाहेन युयोज ह
tatra tīrthe mahādevo daśakanyā guṇānvitāḥ | brahmaṇo varayāmāsa hyudvāhena yuyoja ha
اس تیرتھ پر مہادیو نے اوصاف سے آراستہ دس کنواریوں کا رشتہ طلب کیا اور حقیقتاً انہیں برہما کے ساتھ نکاح کے بندھن میں جوڑ دیا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued narration)
Tirtha: Daśakanyā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: King
Scene: At the river-ford, Mahādeva presides over a ceremonial marriage arrangement: ten virtuous maidens are presented and ritually united to Brahmā, with sages and devas witnessing.
FAQs
Tīrthas are validated through sacred history: divine acts (here involving Śiva and Brahmā) establish the place’s sanctity and enduring merit.
Daśakanyā-tīrtha, explained through its divine-origin narrative.
No direct prescription; the verse provides a mythic account connected with udvāha (marriage) as sacred precedent.