Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36


Sanskrit:

मनु: स्यन्दनमास्थाय शातकौम्भपरिच्छदम् ।आरोप्य स्वां दुहितरं सभार्य: पर्यटन्महीम् ॥ ३६ ॥

ITRANS:

manuḥ syandanam āsthāyaśātakaumbha-paricchadamāropya svāṁ duhitaraṁsa-bhāryaḥ paryaṭan mahīm

Translation:

Svāyambhuva Manu, with his wife, mounted his chariot, which was decorated with golden ornaments. Placing his daughter on it with them, he began traveling all over the earth.

Purport:

The Emperor Manu, as the great ruler of the world, could have engaged an agent to find a suitable husband for his daughter, but because he loved her just as a father should, he himself left his state on a golden chariot, with only his wife, to find her a suitable husband.