Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

रत्नासनसहस्राढ्यं शतयोजनविस्तृतम् । विवाहमंडपं शर्वो विवेशानुचरावृतः

Transliteration

ratnāsanasahasrāḍhyaṃ śatayojanavistṛtam | vivāhamaṃḍapaṃ śarvo viveśānucarāvṛtaḥ

Translation

ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് രത്നാസനങ്ങളാൽ സമൃദ്ധവും ശതയോജന വ്യാപ്തിയുമുള്ള ആ വിവാഹമണ്ഡപത്തിലേക്ക്, അനുചരന്മാർ ചുറ്റിനിന്ന നിലയിൽ ശർവൻ (ശിവൻ) പ്രവേശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ratna-āsana-sahasra-āḍhyam: rich with thousands of jeweled seats
• ratna-āsana-sahasra-āḍhyam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ratnāsanasahasreṇa āḍhyam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (vivāhamaṃḍapam)

• śata-yojana-vistṛtam: spread over a hundred yojanas
• śata-yojana-vistṛtam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + vistṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √stṛ/√vṛt क्त)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (śata-yojanam), ततः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावेन 'śatayojanena vistṛtam'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• vivāha-maṃḍapam: wedding pavilion
• vivāha-maṃḍapam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivāha (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (vivāhasya maṃḍapaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śarvaḥ: Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viveśa: entered
• viveśa: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anucara-āvṛtaḥ: surrounded by attendants
• anucara-āvṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anucara (प्रातिपदिक) + āvṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ā-√vṛ क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (anucaraiḥ āvṛtaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (śarvaḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śarva (Śiva), surrounded by gaṇas, enters the immense wedding pavilion filled with thousands of jeweled seats, the hall stretching beyond ordinary measure.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śarva)
• Śiva’s attendants (anucara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s presence sanctifies the ritual space; divine majesty underscores the sacredness of marriage as a dharmic institution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse magnifies the divine wedding setting within the Purāṇic narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rule; it situates Śiva’s entrance as part of the wedding proceedings.