Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
प्रयच्छैनां मम ब्रह्मन्पत्न्यर्थं निज कन्यकाम् । यथात्मा पोषयिष्यामि भोजनाच्छादनादिभिः
prayacchaināṃ mama brahmanpatnyarthaṃ nija kanyakām | yathātmā poṣayiṣyāmi bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ
“اے برہمن مُنی! اپنی بیٹی مجھے زوجیت کے لیے عطا کیجیے۔ میں اس کی پرورش اپنی جان کی طرح کروں گا—خوراک، لباس اور دیگر ضروریات کے ساتھ۔”
First-person narrator within the episode (the suitor addressing the sage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Māhātmya audience (not explicit)
Scene: A respectful suitor addresses a Brahman-sage with folded hands, requesting the maiden in marriage and promising lifelong maintenance—depicted with calm solemnity and ritual propriety.
FAQs
Marriage is framed as a dharmic vow of protection and provision, not merely personal desire.
The verse sits within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; this line focuses on gṛhastha-dharma rather than naming the site.
It implies the kanyādāna framework (requesting the maiden for marriage), though the rite is not described in detail here.