Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
सच्छूद्रस्याधिकारे सा कदाचिन्नैव जायते । या कन्या स्वयमुद्यम्य पित्रा दत्ता वराय च
sacchūdrasyādhikāre sā kadācinnaiva jāyate | yā kanyā svayamudyamya pitrā dattā varāya ca
وہ کنیا کبھی بھی نیک شُودر کے جائز دائرۂ اختیار میں نہیں آتی—وہ دوشیزہ جسے باپ اپنی خوشی سے خود آگے بڑھ کر دلہا کو دان کر دے۔
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Scene: A domestic dharma scene: a father formally offering his daughter’s hand to a groom in a ritual setting, with elders witnessing; emphasis on propriety and rite rather than romance.
FAQs
It frames marriage as governed by prescribed social-dharmic boundaries, emphasizing ‘rightful entitlement’ as defined by the text’s normative order.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It alludes to the act of a father giving the maiden to a groom (kanyādāna) but does not describe procedural ritual details here.