Skandapurana 1.3.24: adhyāyaḥ 26

Lomaśa said: / Then those best of mountains, headed by Meru, filled with agitation, / spoke with one voice to the great mountain Himavat:

The mountains said: / "O mountain, let the giving away of the bride be performed today! By your good fortune the glorious Śambhu has been obtained today. / No doubt or hesitation should be held in your heart regarding this; therefore, let her be given to Īśvara!"

Hearing that speech of his friends, Himālaya / then made the proper solemn resolve, prompted by Brahmā: / "I give this maiden to you, O Parameśvara,

accept her as your wife!" With this formula he gave [her]. / "To this Rudra, the great one, the god of gods, to Śambhu—" / the maiden was given to Maheśa by the great-souled king of mountains.

The lotus-eyed couple, Pārvatī and Parameśvara, / were brought out to the sacrificial altar and seated upon the outer altar.

Then, right there, by the officiating priest, the great-souled Kaśyapa, / an invocation of the sacrificial fire was performed for the burnt offering, O twice-born.

Brahmā took his seat on the brahmāsana in the presence of Śiva. / As the burnt offering proceeded, the discerning seers,

knowers of various philosophical systems, spoke to one another there. / Some, devoted to Vedic debates, argued by mutual consensus:

"It is certainly thus, and not thus"; "It is definitely thus, not otherwise"; / "It is indeed an obligation, or not an obligation"; and others [debated] what is to be done and what is not to be done.

Such a sound of them arguing was heard in the presence of Śiva. / Adhering to their own doctrines, they spoke among themselves, / lacking knowledge of reality and relying purely on Vedic intellect.

Hearing that talk of theirs, as they each sought victory over the other, / Nārada laughed and spoke these words in the presence of Śiva:

"All of you are disputants, engaged in Vedic debates! / O brahmins, embrace silence and place Sadāśiva in your heart—

the Self, the Supreme Self, that supreme beyond the beyond, / by whom this universe was made, from whom everything proceeds, / in whom the universe dissolves: homage to that Self of all!

He himself is now residing here in the house of the king of mountains, O twice-born! / All of you discerning ones were born from his mouth alone!"

When addressed thus by Nārada, those best of the twice-born / were awakened by those words of instruction, those best of the twice-born.

While the sacrifice was underway, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / gazed upon the feet of the goddess and their charming crescent-like nails.

From that sight, the lotus-born [god] suddenly slipped [from restraint]; / overcome by Kama, his semen fell upon the earth.

With his semen flowing, the grandfather became ashamed; / with his two feet he rubbed away that great, hard-to-overcome secret.

From it many seers were born, the Vālakhilyas by the thousands. / They all stood before him then, crying out, "O father! O father!"

Then the enraged Nārada spoke to those Vālakhilyas: / "You young novices, go to Mount Gandhamādana!

You must not stay here; there is no purpose for you here." / Addressed in this way, all those Vālakhilyas, / instructed by Nārada, departed in great haste for the mountain.

Then Brahmā was consoled with auspicious words by Nārada. / Meanwhile, the burnt offering of that great soul was completed.

Then the brahmins devoted themselves to reciting peace chants for Maheśa; / the horizon was filled with the great resonance of the Veda.

Then the supreme god was waved with lights by the wives of the gods; / likewise he was honored and worshipped by the wives of the seers.

Likewise the charming, auspicious women of the king of mountains waved lights over him / with songs, skilled in the knowledge of fine music, and other great seers [honored him] with hymns of praise.

And the broad-minded Himālaya, the great mountain, / gave precious jewels to them, rejoicing and satisfying [all].

Then the all-pervading Lord, standing upon the altar with his wife, / accompanied by all his personal attendants and gaṇas, with a delighted heart, the sole beauty of the world, shone amidst the hosts of gods and siddhas.

In the meantime, the gods led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, / seers, gandharvas, yakṣas, and whoever else had arrived there—

having worshipped them all with supreme splendor, the great-souled mountain king / duly gave fine jewels, clothes, and ornaments, as well as betel and fragrant water.

Then, placing Śiva in front, the lords of the gods ate; / likewise, having all gathered together, they rejoiced in unison.

Seated in rows, they ate along with the ascetic and Śṛṅgin. / Some gaṇas, standing apart, [entertained] the Lord with various humorous moods;

Nārada and others delighted him with many playful falsehoods. / Likewise, all the gaṇas of Caṇḍī ate after receiving their bowls.

The vetālas and the guardians of the sacred fields ate after receiving their bowls, / as well as the śākinīs, ḍākinīs, yakṣiṇīs, the mātṛkās, and others,

and the sixty-four yoginīs, and other yogins indeed: / ten crores of gaṇas and one crore of great-souled ones.

Thus all the seers, and others, the gods and the rest, / and other yogins indeed, have been recounted by me previously.

And the yoginīs too have been recounted; I shall tell you of their food: / some, bringing flesh of rhinoceroses deemed pure,

hungry, ate it along with the bones and entrails, / while some brought the heavy heads of buffaloes.

Likewise, some pramathas and others were dancing then and howling loudly; / some, having the form of Rudra, sat in silence, while others gazed around at other [beings].

Bhairava danced in the midst of the circle of yoginīs, / and other ghosts and vetālas wailed, crying, "To me! [Give] to me!"

Observing their tumult in this manner, Madhusūdana
smiled and spoke these words to Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world:

“Restrain these attendants here, O lord, who are intoxicated now!
For at this moment, whatever duty is to be performed must indeed be performed by all.

Therefore, O Mahādeva, restrain them with your wisdom!”
Hearing that, the blessed Rudra said to Vīrabhadra:

Rudra said:
“Restrain the frantic ones, and especially the drunk!”
Thus instructed by Śambhu, the supreme lord, Vīrabhadra

commanded the frantic ones, wise as he was.
The pramathas were restrained by him; they remained silent.

Motionless among the yoginīs were the bhūtas, pramathas, and guhyakas,
the śākinīs, yātudhānas, kūṣmāṇḍas, and wrathful ascetics in rags,

as well as other bhūtas, vetālas, kṣetrapālas, and bhairavas.
All became calm—the frantic ones, the pramathas, and the rest.

Thus the wedding was then performed in grand detail
by the Himālaya, O brahmins—most auspicious and splendid.

Four days passed with a fulfilled heart;
the Himālaya performed worship of the Trident-bearer, the god of gods.

Then, having worshipped Mahādeva with garments, ornaments,
and various jewels, he attended to Viṣṇu's words.

The Himālaya worshipped Viṣṇu together with Lakṣmī,
as well as Brahmā, with auspicious garments and ornaments.

Having worshipped the all-pervading Indra together with his priest
and Indrāṇī, and likewise each of the world-protectors separately,

Caṇḍī was likewise worshipped, along with the bhūtas, pramathas, and guhyakas,
with garments, ornaments, and jewels of various kinds;
and all others who had arrived there were also worshipped.

Thus all the gods, seers, and yakṣas were honoured then,
as were the gandharvas, vidyādharas, siddhas, cāraṇas, and the hosts of mortal men and apsarases.

Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, named “Description of the Auspicious Festival of Śiva and Pārvatī's Wedding,” in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].