Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24


Sanskrit:

प्रत्तां दुहितरं सम्राट् सद‍ृक्षाय गतव्यथ: ।उपगुह्य च बाहुभ्यामौत्कण्ठ्योन्मथिताशय: ॥ २४ ॥

ITRANS:

prattāṁ duhitaraṁ samrāṭsadṛkṣāya gata-vyathaḥupaguhya ca bāhubhyāmautkaṇṭhyonmathitāśayaḥ

Translation:

Thus relieved of his responsibility by handing over his daughter to a suitable man, Svāyambhuva Manu, his mind agitated by feelings of separation, embraced his affectionate daughter with both his arms.

Purport:

A father always remains in anxiety until he can hand over his grownup daughter to a suitable boy. A father and mother’s responsibility for children continues until they marry them to suitable spouses; when the father is able to perform that duty, he is relieved of his responsibility.