Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
तत्तस्य सर्वमेवास्तु वचनं त्वं हिमाचलम् । स्वयंवरार्थं सुश्रोणि प्रेरय त्वां वृणे ततः
tattasya sarvamevāstu vacanaṃ tvaṃ himācalam | svayaṃvarārthaṃ suśroṇi preraya tvāṃ vṛṇe tataḥ
“Biarlah semuanya terjadi tepat seperti kata-katanya. Wahai yang berpinggul elok, sampaikan khabar kepada Himācala untuk svayaṃvara; kemudian, dalam perhimpunan itu, aku akan memilihmu.”
Śiva (contextual continuation from prior verse)
Tirtha: Svayaṃvara-sabhā (archetypal sacred venue)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to send word to Himācala to arrange the svayaṃvara; he declares he will choose her in that assembly—romantic yet ritually formal.
FAQs
The verse emphasizes consent, proper communication, and dharmic procedure—divine union is affirmed through orderly, righteous means.
No specific tīrtha is praised; the setting is the Himālaya context and the planned svayaṃvara.
Announcement/arrangement of a svayaṃvara is indicated, functioning as a social-religious rite of marriage.