Skandapurana 4.40.41.3

4.40.41.3

vidhihīnaṃ tathā'pātre yo dadāti pratigraham ..
na kevalaṃ hi tadyāti śeṣaṃ tasya ca naśyati .. 29 ..
vyasanārthe kuṭuṃbārthe yadṛṇārthe ca dīyate ..
tadakṣayaṃ bhavedatra paratra ca na saṃśayaḥ ..4.1.40.30..
mātāpitṛvihīnaṃ yo mauṃjīpāṇigrahādibhiḥ ..
saṃskārayennijairarthaistasya śreyastvanaṃtakam .. ..31 ..
agnihotrairna tacchreyo nāgniṣṭomādibhirmakhaiḥ ..
yacchreyaḥ prāpyate martyairdvije caike pratiṣṭhite .. 32 ..
yo hyanāthasya viprasya pāṇiṃ grāhayate kṛtī ..
iha saukhyamavāpnoti sokṣayaṃ svargamāpnuyāt .. 33 ..
pitṛgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyedasaṃskṛtā ..
bhrūṇahā tatpitā jñeyo vṛṣalī sāpi kanyakā .. 34 ..
yastāṃ pariṇayenmohātsa bhavedvṛṣalīpatiḥ ..
tena saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ tyājyamapāṅkteyena sarvadā .. 35 ..
vijñāya doṣamubhayoḥ kanyāyāśca varasya ca ..
saṃbaṃdhaṃ racayetpaścādanyathā doṣabhākpitā .. 36 ..
striyaḥ pavitrāḥ satataṃ naitā duṣyaṃti kenacit ..
māsimāsi rajastāsāṃ duṣkṛtānyapakarṣati .. 37 ..
pūrvaṃ striyaḥ surairbhuktāḥ somagaṃdharva vahnibhiḥ ..
bhuṃjate mānuṣāḥ paścānnaitāduṣyaṃ ti kenacit .. 38 ..
strīṇāṃ śaucaṃ dadau somaḥ pāvakaḥ sarvamedhyatām ..
kalyāṇavāṇīṃ gaṃdharvāstena medhyāḥ sadā striyaḥ .. 39 ..
kanyāṃ bhuṃkte rajaḥkāle'gniḥ śaśī lomadarśane ..
stanodbhedeṣu gaṃdharvāstatprāgeva pradīyate ..4.1.40.40..
dṛśyaromātvapatyaghnī kulaghnyudgatayauvanā ..
pitṛghnyāviṣkatarajāstatastāḥ parivarjayet ..41..
kanyādānaphalaprepsustasmādda dyādanagnikām ..
anyathā na phalaṃ dātuḥ pratigrāhī patedadhaḥ ..42..
kanyāmabhuktāṃ somādyairdadaddānaphalaṃ labhet..

He who makes a gift contrary to the rules or to an unworthy recipient / does not merely lose that gift; the rest of his wealth also perishes.
What is given for times of distress, for one's family, or to clear a debt, / becomes inexhaustible both here and in the hereafter; of this there is no doubt.
He who has an orphan consecrated with the investiture of the sacred girdle, marriage, and other rites / through his own wealth, obtains unending welfare.
Such welfare is not attained through Agnihotra offerings, nor through sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma, / as the welfare attained by mortals when a single twice-born is settled.
That virtuous man who causes the hand of an orphan brahmin to be taken in marriage / attains happiness in this world and obtains inexhaustible heaven.
The maiden who sees her menstrual flow unmarried in her father's house— / her father is to be known as an embryo-killer, and that girl is considered a vṛṣalī.
He who out of delusion marries her becomes the husband of a vṛṣalī; / conversation with him, who is unfit to sit in the row [at a feast], must always be avoided.
Having ascertained the fault of both the maiden and the groom, / one should then arrange the alliance; otherwise the father incurs the fault.
Women are ever pure; they are not defiled by anything. / Month after month their menstrual flow removes their misdeeds.
Formerly women were enjoyed by the gods: by Soma, the Gandharvas, and Agni; / human men enjoy them later; therefore they are not defiled by anything.
Soma gave purity to women; the Purifier [Agni] gave universal sanctification; / the Gandharvas gave sweet speech; hence women are always pure.
Agni enjoys a maiden at the time of menstruation, the Moon at the appearance of body hair, / and the Gandharvas at the swelling of her breasts; therefore she should be given away prior to that.
One whose body hair is visible destroys her offspring; she whose youth has blossomed destroys her family; / she whose menstrual blood has appeared destroys her father; therefore one should avoid them.
Therefore, desiring the fruit of giving away a maiden, one should bestow her before pubic hair appears; / otherwise there is no fruit for the giver, and the recipient falls down [into hell].
Giving a maiden unenjoyed by Soma and the others, one obtains the fruit of the gift;