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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 24]
TEXT 11
सामुद्रीं देवदेवोक्तामुपयेमे शतद्रुतिम् । 
यां वीक्ष्य चारुसर्वाङ्गीं किशोरीं सुष्ठ्वलङ्कृताम् । 
परिक्रमन्तीमुद्राहे चकमेऽग्निः शुकीमिव ॥११॥
sāmudrīm devadevoktām 
upayeme śatadrutim 
yām vīkṣya cāru-sarvāṅgīm 
kiśorīm suṣṭhv-alaṅkṛtām 
parikramantīm udvāhe 
cakame 'gniḥ śukīm iva
sāmudrīm—unto the daughter of the ocean; devadeva-uktām—being advised by the supreme demigod, Lord Brahmā; upayeme—married; śatadrutim—of the name Śatadruti; yām—whom; vīkṣya—seeing; cāru—very attractive; sarva-aṅgīm—all the features of the body; kiśorīm—youthful; suṣṭhv—sufficiently; alaṅkṛtām—decorated with ornaments; parikramantīm—circumambulating; udvāhe—in the marriage ceremony; cakame—became attracted; agniḥ—the fire-god; śukīm—unto Śukī; iva—like.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Barhiṣat—henceforward known as Prācīnabarhi—was ordered by the supreme demigod Lord Brahmā to marry the daughter of the ocean named Śatadruti. Her bodily features were completely beautiful, and she was very young. She was decorated with the proper garments, and when she came into the marriage arena and began circumambulating it, the fire-god Agni became so attracted to her that he desired her company, exactly as he had formerly desired to enjoy Śukī.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  suṣṭhv-alaṅkṛtām  is significant. According to the Vedic system, when a girl is married, she is very profusely and gorgeously decorated with costly saris and jewelry, and during the marriage ceremony the bride circumambulates the bridegroom seven times. After this, the bridegroom and bride look at one another and become attracted for life. When the bridegroom finds the bride very beautiful, the attraction between them immediately becomes very strongly fixed. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , men and women are naturally attracted to one another, and when they are united by marriage that attraction becomes very strong. Being so strongly attracted, the bridegroom attempts to set up a nice homestead and eventually a good field for producing grains. Then children come,