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Skandapurana 5.81.19

Skandapurāṇa 5.81.19

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5.81.19

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..
sahasraṃ yācyate kanyā karotyekaḥ karagraham ..
vāṅmātreṇa na tasyāḥ syātpatnībhāvaḥ kathaṃcana .. 19 ..

The brahmin said: / “A maiden is asked for by a thousand, [but] one takes her hand; / by mere words, the status of a wife cannot belong to her in any way,

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