Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
दाता महीभृतां नाथो होता देवश्चतुर्मुखः । वरः पशुपतिः साक्षात्कन्या विश्वरणिस्तथा
dātā mahībhṛtāṃ nātho hotā devaścaturmukhaḥ | varaḥ paśupatiḥ sākṣātkanyā viśvaraṇistathā
Ang nagkaloob ay ang panginoon ng mga bundok; ang punong pari ng ritwal ay ang diyos na may apat na mukha (Brahmā). Ang lalaking ikinakasal ay si Paśupati mismo, at ang babaeng ikinakasal ay si Viśvaraṇī (Pārvatī) rin.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Scene: A formal enumeration tableau: Himavat enthroned as donor, Brahmā four-faced as priest with ladle and vedi, Śiva as Paśupati bridegroom, Pārvatī as Viśvaraṇī bride—each iconographically distinct and balanced.
FAQs
Cosmic order is mirrored in dharmic rites: each role is honored, and the divine acts through structured ritual.
No specific pilgrimage site is named; the focus is the sacrality of the wedding rite itself.
It identifies the formal roles—giver (dātā), priest (hotā), groom (vara), and bride (kanyā)—central to a dharmic vivāha.