Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 121
दीयमानामपि न तां प्रतिगृह्णाति कश्चन । यद्भक्षयति भर्तारं षण्मासाभ्यंतरे हि सा
dīyamānāmapi na tāṃ pratigṛhṇāti kaścana | yadbhakṣayati bhartāraṃ ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare hi sā
اگرچہ اسے (نکاح میں) دیا بھی جائے تو کوئی اسے قبول نہیں کرتا؛ کیونکہ وہ چھ ماہ کے اندر ہی اپنے شوہر کو نگل جاتی ہے۔
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Listener: pārthiva (king)
Scene: Matchmakers and families refuse the offered bride; a shadowy, mythic hint of her devouring a husband within a half-year; the household sinks into fear.
FAQs
Actions guided only by social arrangement (marriage) must be tempered by discernment; the text presents a cautionary, fate-laden narrative.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative episode within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya context.
None; the verse focuses on the consequence attributed to her nature/marks.