Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 162
अनेन प्रार्थिता कन्या मया चास्मै प्रदीयते । तत्किं निषेधयसि मां दीयमानां सुतामिमाम्
anena prārthitā kanyā mayā cāsmai pradīyate | tatkiṃ niṣedhayasi māṃ dīyamānāṃ sutāmimām
اس شخص نے کنیا (لڑکی) کی درخواست کی ہے، اور میں اپنی بیٹی اسے سونپ رہا ہوں۔ پھر تم مجھے اس بیٹی کو دینے سے کیوں روک رہے ہو جو عطا کی جا رہی ہے؟
Bhārgava (father/sage)
Scene: A tense domestic court: a father asserts he will give his daughter to a suitor, while another figure forbids the act; the maiden stands silently, the atmosphere charged with impending wrongdoing.
FAQs
Dharma is debated through reasons and counter-reasons; authority claims legitimacy through procedure (a request and a giving), yet the narrative tests whether procedure alone equals righteousness.
Not explicit in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.
Only the implied context of kanyādāna (giving of a daughter) is present; no detailed rite (mantra, snāna, dāna) is specified here.