Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.2

3.3.7.99.2

Having meditated [upon him], on his left side he should visualize the Daughter of the Mountain: (15) / lustrous like a blooming hibiscus flower, having the radiance of the rising sun, / resembling a flash of lightning, slender, delighting the mind and eyes, (16) / bearing the crescent moon on her crest, glossy, with dark curled hair, / charming with swarms of bees, adorned with dark forelocks, (17) / the graceful play of her round face illuminated by jeweled earrings, / her mirror-like cheek-halves marked with fresh saffron paste, (18) / her sprout-like red lower lip shining with a sweet smile, / conch-necked, auspicious, with lotus-bud breasts rising up, (19) / possessing four radiant arms with the noose, the goad, and gestures of fearlessness and boon-granting, / adorned with rings and bracelets glittering with many jewels, (20) / endowed with a golden girdle-string shining above three folds [of the waist], / wearing a red garland and red garments, anointed with divine sandalwood paste, (21) / her lotus feet bowed to by the crests of the wives of the guardians of the directions, / mounted on a jeweled throne, with the king of serpents as her ornament. (22) / Having thus meditated on Mahādeva and the goddess, the Daughter of the Mountain, / and having worshiped the god with perfumes and other offerings in the order of ritual deposition, (23) / he should offer [worship] with the five Brahmamantras in the prescribed places or in the heart, / and a separate handful of flowers upon the body, and thrice upon the heart with the primary mantra. (24) / Then, the practitioner himself becoming Śiva by means of the primary mantra, / he should then worship the god again in sequence on the external seat. (25) / Being composed, he should state the solemn resolve there at the beginning of the worship. / Having joined his hands in reverence, he should contemplate Śaṃkara in his heart: (26) / 'For the removal of debt, sin, misfortune, and poverty, / for the destruction of all sins, be gracious to me, O Śaṃkara! (27) / Tormented by the fire of sorrow and grief, afflicted by the fear of worldly existence, / distressed by many diseases, wretched—save me, O rider of the bull! (28) / Come, O lord of the gods of gods, O Mahādeva, bestower of fearlessness! / Receive, together with Pārvatī, your worship performed by me.' (29) / Having made this solemn resolve according to rule, he should perform the worship of the Absolute.