Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
दाता महीभृतां नाथो होता देवश्चतुर्मुखः । वरः पशुपतिः साक्षात्कन्या विश्वरणिस्तथा
dātā mahībhṛtāṃ nātho hotā devaścaturmukhaḥ | varaḥ paśupatiḥ sākṣātkanyā viśvaraṇistathā
Le donateur fut le seigneur des montagnes ; l’officiant, le dieu aux quatre visages (Brahmā). L’époux était Paśupati en personne, et l’épouse était pareillement Viśvaraṇī (Pārvatī).
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Scene: A formal enumeration tableau: Himavat enthroned as donor, Brahmā four-faced as priest with ladle and vedi, Śiva as Paśupati bridegroom, Pārvatī as Viśvaraṇī bride—each iconographically distinct and balanced.
FAQs
Cosmic order is mirrored in dharmic rites: each role is honored, and the divine acts through structured ritual.
No specific pilgrimage site is named; the focus is the sacrality of the wedding rite itself.
It identifies the formal roles—giver (dātā), priest (hotā), groom (vara), and bride (kanyā)—central to a dharmic vivāha.