Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
स्वभावकठिनात्मापि स वरं हिमवान्गिरिः । प्राणाधिक सुता दानाद्यो धिनोद्विश्वनायकम्
svabhāvakaṭhinātmāpi sa varaṃ himavāngiriḥ | prāṇādhika sutā dānādyo dhinodviśvanāyakam
স্বভাৱতে কঠোৰ আৰু অচল হ’লেও, সেই হিমৱান—শ্ৰেষ্ঠ পৰ্বত—মহিমা লাভ কৰিলে; কিয়নো প্ৰাণতকৈও প্ৰিয় কন্যাক তেওঁ বিশ্বনায়কৰ সৈতে বিবাহ দিলে।
Kārpaṭika
Listener: Rājendra
Scene: Himavān, though naturally unyielding, gains superiority by giving his beloved daughter in marriage to Viśvanāyaka; evokes the divine wedding (Śiva-Pārvatī vivāha).
FAQs
Great merit arises from selfless offering; even a ‘hard’ nature becomes spiritually excellent through supreme dāna and devotion.
The chapter’s setting is Kāśī; this verse supports Śiva’s supremacy (Viśvanāyaka/Viśveśvara) that undergirds Kāśī’s māhātmya.
It alludes to dāna in the form of giving one’s daughter in marriage (kanyādāna), presented as a highly meritorious act.