Shloka 15
दुर्गोपवीत-रचना तथा शिवामलङ्कारोत्सवः | The Making of the Durgopavīta and Pārvatī’s Auspicious Adornment Festival
ब्रह्मोवाच । अथ तं समयं ज्ञात्वा कन्यादानोचितं गिरिः । निवेदितं च गर्गेण मुसुदेऽतीव चेतसि
brahmovāca | atha taṃ samayaṃ jñātvā kanyādānocitaṃ giriḥ | niveditaṃ ca gargeṇa musude'tīva cetasi
Brahmā sprach: Als er erkannte, dass die rechte Zeit gekommen war, die Jungfrau zur Ehe zu geben, nahm König Giri—im Innersten tief bewegt—auch die Botschaft entgegen, die der Weise Garga überbracht hatte.
Brahma
Tattva Level: pashu
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
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It highlights dharma expressed through right timing (kāla) and right conduct (vidhi): the kanyādāna is undertaken when auspiciously ordained, showing how worldly rites can align with divine purpose in the Shaiva narrative of Śiva–Pārvatī.
Though not directly about the Liṅga, it supports Saguna Śiva-bhakti by framing Pārvatī’s marriage as a sacred, divinely guided event—devotees honor Śiva’s manifest līlā through dharmic observances and remembrance.
The takeaway is reverence for auspicious timing and purity of intention in rites; devotees may accompany such saṃskāra-remembrance with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple Śiva-pūjā as a devotional support.