Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94
जग्मुर्गिरीन्द्रपुत्र्यास्तु स्वयंवरमनुत्तमम् । आमंत्रितस्तथा विष्णुर्मेरुमाह हसन्निव
jagmurgirīndraputryāstu svayaṃvaramanuttamam | āmaṃtritastathā viṣṇurmerumāha hasanniva
Sila’y nagtungo sa walang kapantay na svayaṃvara ng anak na babae ng Hari ng Bundok. At si Viṣṇu rin, na inanyayahan, ay nagsalita kay Meru na wari’y nakangiti.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A celestial procession moves toward the unsurpassed svayaṃvara of the Mountain-King’s daughter; Viṣṇu, invited, turns to Meru with a soft, smiling utterance—an atmosphere of auspicious counsel before a grand divine ceremony.
FAQs
Even the highest deities honor dharmic invitations and auspicious rites, showing reverence for sacred order and divine community.
No single tīrtha is named; the setting is the mythic Himalayan-Meru sacred geography.
Implicitly, the svayaṃvara as a formal rite; no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction is stated.