Markandeya said : The monarch, reflecting on the words (of Narada) with regard to his daughter's marriage, began to make preparations for the wedding.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच अथ कन्याप्रदाने स तमेवार्थं विचिन्तयन्। समानिन्ये च तत् सर्वं भाण्डं वैवाहिकं नृपः॥