Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
तथा यमुनया चापांपतिना धृतच्छत्रया । स्त्रीभिर्नानाविधालापैलाजाभिश्चानुमोदितः
tathā yamunayā cāpāṃpatinā dhṛtacchatrayā | strībhirnānāvidhālāpailājābhiścānumoditaḥ
അതുപോലെ യമുനയും ജലാധിപനായ വരുണനും രാജഛത്രം ധരിച്ചു. നാനാവിധ മംഗളവചനങ്ങൾ പറയുന്ന സ്ത്രീകളും, ലാജാ (വറുത്ത ധാന്യം) അർപ്പണങ്ങളുമായി അദ്ദേഹത്തെ അഭിനന്ദിച്ചു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Tirtha: Yamunā (and waters under Varuṇa’s lordship)
Type: river
Scene: Śiva proceeds like a king: Yamunā stands near, Varuṇa holds a royal parasol overhead; women line the path offering festive words and presenting lājā (parched grain) as auspicious tokens; the scene glitters with water motifs and ceremonial textiles.
FAQs
When dharma is celebrated, even cosmic powers participate—showing that sacred marriage is a universal, auspicious order.
The narrative context is Himālaya’s abode, with Yamunā and Varuṇa underscoring North Indian sacred geography tied to Śiva’s wedding.
Lājā (parched grain) is referenced as a wedding offering associated with auspicious marital rites.