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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

एभिस्समेतोऽसुरदानवैः सह ययौ महेशो विबुदैरलंकृतः । हिमालयं गिरिवर्यं तदानीं पाणिग्रहार्थं प्रमदोत्तमायाः

Transliteration

ebhissameto'suradānavaiḥ saha yayau maheśo vibudairalaṃkṛtaḥ | himālayaṃ girivaryaṃ tadānīṃ pāṇigrahārthaṃ pramadottamāyāḥ

Translation

พร้อมด้วยเหล่านี้—แม้เหล่าอสุระและทานวะด้วย—พระมหิศวรผู้ได้รับการประดับโดยเหล่าเทวะ เสด็จไปยังหิมาลัย อันเป็นยอดแห่งภูผา เพื่อประกอบพิธีปาณิครหณะ รับพระหัตถ์ของกุมารีผู้ประเสริฐเป็นคู่สมรส

Word by Word
एभिःwith these
एभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
समेतःaccompanied, together with
समेतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)
असुरदानवैःwith the asuras and dānavas
असुरदानवैः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर + दानव (प्रातिपदिके)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (copulative), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक/सह-सम्बन्धे (particle of accompaniment)
ययौwent
ययौ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महेशःMahesha (Śiva)
महेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
विबुदैःby/with the gods
विबुदैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
अलंकृतःadorned, decorated
अलंकृतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअलम् + कृ (धातु) → अलंकृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
हिमालयम्to the Himalaya
हिमालयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहिमालय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
गिरिवर्यम्the best mountain
गिरिवर्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootगिरि + वर्य (प्रातिपदिके)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘best of mountains’), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
तदानीम्then, at that time
तदानीम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काले)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदानीम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
पाणिग्रहार्थम्for the purpose of marriage (hand-taking)
पाणिग्रहार्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootपाणिग्रह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिके)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (‘for the purpose of hand-taking/marriage’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)
प्रमदोत्तमायाःof the best maiden
प्रमदोत्तमायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमदा + उत्तमा (प्रातिपदिके)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (‘best among women’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (as śaiva-kshetra setting for Śiva-vivāha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed interlocutor(s), typically sages/Brāhmaṇas addressed as ‘dvijottama’ in the surrounding passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand divine wedding procession: Maheśa radiant, surrounded by devas, with even asuras and dānavas in attendance, moving toward the snow-clad Himālaya for Pārvatī’s hand.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (Maheśa)
D
Devas (Vibudhas)
A
Asuras
D
Dānavas
H
Himālaya
P
Pārvatī (implied as pramadottamā)

FAQs

Śiva’s marriage becomes a cosmic event drawing all beings, suggesting dharma’s power to harmonize even opposing forces.

The Himalaya as sacred geography; within Kedāra Khaṇḍa it frames the Himalayan tīrthas connected to Śiva.

No explicit prescription; the verse narrates the purpose of the journey—pāṇigraha (marriage rite).

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