Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
सूत उवाच । दाक्षायणी पुरा दत्ता शंकराय महात्मने । वचनाद्ब्रह्मणो विप्रा दक्षेण परमेष्ठिनः
sūta uvāca | dākṣāyaṇī purā dattā śaṃkarāya mahātmane | vacanādbrahmaṇo viprā dakṣeṇa parameṣṭhinaḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, പുരാതനകാലത്ത് ദാക്ഷായണി മഹാത്മാവായ ശങ്കരനു വിവാഹമായി നൽകപ്പെട്ടു—ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം—പ്രജാപതി ദക്ഷനാൽ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Viprāḥ / Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A solemn marriage-giving scene: Dakṣa, as Prajāpati, offers Dākṣāyaṇī (Satī) to Śaṅkara; Brahmā’s command presides as a cosmic sanction; Śiva appears austere, great-souled, with calm acceptance.
FAQs
Even cosmic lineages and marriages unfold under divine ordinance, setting the stage for dharma lessons about pride and devotion.
The verse is narrative background within Kedārakhaṇḍa; no single tīrtha is directly praised in this line.
No ritual is prescribed; it recounts the origin of the Dakṣa–Śiva conflict narrative.