Despite the fact of its having been practised by a few persons it can never be taken as the eternal practice. Other forms of marriage are seen, practiced by men, such as marrying girls after carrying them away by force from amidst their kinsmen.
यद्यप्याचरित: कैश्चिन्नैष धर्मः सनातनः। अन्येषामपि दृश्यन्ते लोकतः सम्प्रवृत्तयः॥