Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.4

3.3.7.99.4

umayā sahitaṃ devamupacāraiḥ prapūjayet .. 44 ..
supratiṣṭhitaśaṃkhasya tīrthaiḥ paṃcāmṛtairapi ..
abhiṣicya mahādevaṃ rudrasūktaiḥ samāhitaḥ .. 45 ..
kalpayedvividhairmaṃtrairāsanādyupacārakān..
āsanaṃ kalpayeddhaimaṃ divyavastrasamanvitam .. 46 ..
arghyamaṣṭaguṇopetaṃ pādyaśuddhodakena ca ..
tenaivācamanaṃ dadyānmadhuparkaṃ madhūttaram .. 47 ..
punarācamanaṃ dattvā snānaṃ maṃtrai prakalpayet ..
upavītaṃ tathā vāso bhūṣaṇāni nivedayet ..
gaṃdhamaṣṭāṃgasaṃyuktaṃ supūtaṃ vinivedayet .. .. 48 ..
tataśca bilvamaṃdārakahlārasarasīruham ..
dhattūrakaṃ karṇikāraṃ śaṇapuṣpaṃ ca mallikām .. 49 ..
kuśāpāmārgatulasīmādhavīcaṃpakādikam ..
bṛhatīkaravīrāṇi yathālabdhāni sādhakaḥ .. 3.3.7.50 ..
nivedayetsugaṃdhīni mālyāni vividhāni ca ..
dhūpaṃ kālāgarūtpannaṃ dīpaṃ ca vimalaṃ śubham .. ..51..
viśeṣakam ..
atha pāyasanaivedyaṃ saghṛtaṃ sopadaṃśakam ..
modakāpūpasaṃyuktaṃ śarkarāguḍasaṃyutam .. 52 ..
madhunāktaṃ dadhiyutaṃ jalapānasamanvitam ..
tenaiva haviṣā vahnau juhuyānmaṃtrabhāvite .. 53 ..
āgamoktena vidhinā guruvākyaniyaṃtritaḥ ..
naivedyaṃ śaṃbhave bhūyo dattvā tāṃbūlamuttamam .. 54 ...
dhūpaṃ nīrājanaṃ ramyaṃ chatraṃ darpaṇamuttamam ..
samarpayitvā vidhivanmaṃtrairvedikatāṃtrikaiḥ .. 55 ..
yadyaśaktaḥ svayaṃ niḥsvo yathāvibhavamarcayet ..
bhakttyā dattena gaurīśaḥ puṣpamātreṇa tuṣyati .. 56 ..
athāṃgabhūtānsakalāngaṇeśādīnprapūjayet ..
stavairnānāvidhaiḥ stutvā sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇamedbudhaḥ .. 57 ..
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vṛṣacaṃḍeśvarādikān ..

the God accompanied by Umā, should be worshipped with the offerings. / Having bathed Mahādeva with waters from a well-established conch and with the five nectars, / composed in mind, with the Rudrasūktas, / one should arrange the offerings such as the seat with diverse mantras. / One should arrange a golden seat furnished with divine cloth. / With pure water, one should offer the arghya endowed with eightfold qualities, and the pādya; / with the same, one should offer the water for sipping, and the madhuparka rich in honey. / Having offered water for sipping again, one should perform the bath with mantras. / One should offer the sacred thread, clothing, and ornaments; / one should offer highly purified perfume consisting of eight ingredients. / And then the bilva, mandāra, kahlāra, lotus, / dhattūra, karṇikāra, hemp-flower, and jasmine, / kuśa, apāmārga, tulasī, mādhavī, campaka, and others, / bṛhatī, and oleander, as they are obtained—the practitioner / should present fragrant and diverse garlands; / incense produced from black aloe, and a spotless, auspicious lamp, / [and] an unguent mark. / Then an offering of milk-rice accompanied by ghee and side dishes, / accompanied by modakas and sweet cakes, mixed with sugar and jaggery, / anointed with honey, combined with curds, and provided with drinking water; / with that very oblation, one should sacrifice into the fire energized with mantras, / according to the rite prescribed in the Āgama, guided by the words of the guru. / Having offered food to Śambhu, [one should offer] once more excellent betel, / incense, a charming waving of lights, a parasol, and an excellent mirror, / having presented them duly with Vedic and Tantric mantras. / If one is unable oneself and destitute, one should worship according to one's means; / the Lord of Gaurī is pleased with merely a flower offered with devotion. / Then one should worship all who form his retinue, beginning with Gaṇeśa; / having praised him with various hymns, the wise one should bow down with the eight-limbed prostration. / Then, having circumambulated the Bull, Caṇḍeśvara, and the rest,