Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
सापि तस्य नियोगेन प्रादुरासीत्प्रजापतेः । नियोगाद्ब्रह्मणो दक्षो ददौ रुद्राय तां सतीम्
sāpi tasya niyogena prādurāsītprajāpateḥ | niyogādbrahmaṇo dakṣo dadau rudrāya tāṃ satīm
اسی کے حکم سے وہ پرجاپتی کی بیٹی کے روپ میں ظاہر ہوئی۔ اور برہما کے فرمان سے دکش نے اس ستی کو رُدر کے نکاح میں دے دیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Satī manifests as Dakṣa’s daughter; Dakṣa, under Brahmā’s injunction, offers her hand to Rudra; Rudra stands austere with trident, Satī radiant, Brahmā witnessing as cosmic officiant.
FAQs
Sacred relationships in Purāṇas are portrayed as dharmic instruments of cosmic balance, not merely social events.
The narration is situated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya framework.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse recounts the sanctioned giving (dāna) of Satī in marriage as a dharmic act.