Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.4

3.3.7.99.4

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,