Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
प्रदास्यति च तातस्य सुवर्णं कथितं च यत् । यद्गृह्णामि स्वहस्तेन मणिभद्रं द्वितीयकम्
pradāsyati ca tātasya suvarṇaṃ kathitaṃ ca yat | yadgṛhṇāmi svahastena maṇibhadraṃ dvitīyakam
اور وہ سونا بھی دے گا جس کا ذکر میرے والد نے دینے کے طور پر کیا تھا؛ جسے میں اپنے ہی ہاتھ سے قبول کرتی ہوں، وہ یہی دوسرا منی بھدر ہے۔
A woman/bride (speaking publicly in the narrative; exact named speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tense recognition scene: mention of a father’s promised gold and the act of accepting with one’s own hand, as the ‘second Maṇibhadra’ is identified.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through clear, truthful declaration—especially in socially sacred rites like marriage.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single shloka.
It alludes to marriage-related gifting/acceptance (dāna/acceptance) but gives no standalone ritual instruction here.
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