Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
नालं बभूव तां दातुं तनयां गुणशालिनीम् । कस्यापि जनकः सा च वयःसंधौ मयेक्षिता
nālaṃ babhūva tāṃ dātuṃ tanayāṃ guṇaśālinīm | kasyāpi janakaḥ sā ca vayaḥsaṃdhau mayekṣitā
اس باکمال بیٹی کو دینے کے لیے باپ کو کوئی لائق ور نہ ملا۔ اور عمر کے سنگم—جوانی کی دہلیز—پر ہی میں نے اسے دیکھا۔
First-person narrator within Sūta’s narration (speaker in-verse is an unnamed male narrator)
Scene: The father, troubled, stands among would-be suitors deemed unfit; the virtuous maiden is shown at the cusp of youth; the narrator beholds her—an encounter charged with destiny, restraint, and wonder.
FAQs
Marriage is treated as a dharmic responsibility; virtue and suitability, not haste, are emphasized in forming a household.
No specific sacred place is referenced in this verse.
Implicitly it alludes to kanyā-dāna (giving a daughter in marriage), but no explicit rite or rule is prescribed here.