These declarations are not tantamount to actual marriage. People are seen to solicit one another for the hands of maidens. Till the hand is actually taken with due rites, marriage does not happen. We have heard that even this was the boon granted to men formerly by the Maruts about maidens.
तस्मादा ग्रहणात् पाणेर्याचयन्ति परस्परम्। कन्यावरः पुरा दत्तो मरुद्भिरिति नः श्रुतम्॥