पाणिग्रहेण विहिता ये कुमाराः कुमारिकाः । तेषांतेषां प्रजाश्चैव भविष्यथ न संशयः
pāṇigraheṇa vihitā ye kumārāḥ kumārikāḥ | teṣāṃteṣāṃ prajāścaiva bhaviṣyatha na saṃśayaḥ
‘جو نوجوان اور کنواریاں پाणی گرہن کے سنسکار سے بندھتے ہیں، اُن میں سے ہر ایک کو اولاد ضرور ہوگی؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔’
Pārvatī / Viśvamātā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devi declares that youths and maidens joined by the rite of taking the hand will surely obtain offspring.
Householder dharma, sanctified through proper marriage rites, is upheld as a legitimate path blessed with continuity of lineage.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
Pāṇigrahaṇa (the formal ‘taking of the hand’) is referenced as the defining rite of marriage.