Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.523

v2.c19.523

**The marriage of Pārvatī.** The scene is laid in the palace of Himālaya the father of Pārvatī; three episodes are presented. On the left Śiva stands with his veiled bride under the marriage pavilion; the marriage having been completed, Śiva is making sport of the officiating Brāhman. Upon the platform, Śiva stoops to take the dust off the Brāhman's feet, to the latter's still greater confusion. Within the house a post-nuptial ceremony (perhaps a *nāndī-śrāddha*) is proceeding: Himālaya is seated with Menakā to the left, Śiva with his still veiled bride in the centre, and the same Brāhman is now taking the dust of his feet. Perhaps from a series illustrating the *Kumāra-Sambhava* of Kālidāsa, or some later version of the same story. Pahāṛī (Kāṅgṛā), late 18th century. Size of original. Collection of Bābu Samarandranāth Gupta. Vol. i, pp. 8, 55.