Devibhagavatapurana 3.19.54

3.19.54

keralādhipatiḥ prāha taṃ tadā nītisattamaḥ |
nātra yuddhaṃ prakartavyaṃ rājannicchāsvayaṃvare ||

Hearing Yudhâjit's words, the king of Keral, the foremost of those who know morals, began to say:-- “O king! In this Ichchhâ svayamvara, it is not proper to fight. Here there will be no marriage for the prowess; there is no arrangement fixed to steal away the bride elect by force; here the bride will select of her own free choice; what cause can then there crop up here for quarrels?