Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.5

3.3.7.99.5

and having duly offered the worship, one should pray to the husband of Girijā: / 'Victory, O God, Lord of the universe! Victory, O eternal Śaṃkara! / Victory, O presiding Lord of all gods! Victory, O one worshipped by all gods! / Victory, O one beyond all qualities! Victory, O bestower of all boons! / Victory, O eternal one without support! Victory, O imperishable supporter of the universe! / Victory, O Lord known only through the universe! Victory, O one adorned with the king of serpents! / Victory, O husband of Gaurī, O Śambhu! Victory, O one with the crescent moon on your crest! / Victory, O one resembling ten million suns! Victory, O refuge of infinite virtues! / Victory, O Rudra, Virūpākṣa! Victory, O inconceivable, taintless one! / Victory, O Lord, ocean of compassion! Victory, O dispeller of the distress of devotees! / Victory, O Master who carries across the ocean of transmigration that is hard to cross! / Be pleased with me, O Mahādeva, who am distressed and grieving in transmigration; / having removed all fear of sin, protect me, O Parameśvara! / Sunk in great poverty, struck down by great sin, / ruined by great sorrow, afflicted by severe disease, / burdened by the weight of debt, tormented by my past actions, / afflicted by the planets—be gracious to me, O Śaṃkara!' / A poor man should thus pray at the end of worship to the husband of Girijā; / or a wealthy man, or a king, should pray to the divine Lord: / 'May long life, constant health, increase of treasury, and elevation of strength, / [and] perpetual joy be mine through your grace, O Śaṃkara! / May my enemies go to destruction; may my planets be propitious; / may robbers perish in the kingdom; may the people be free from calamity; / may famine, plague, and distress come to pacification upon the earth; / may there be abundance of all crops, and may all directions be full of happiness!' / In this manner one should worship the God, the husband of Girijā, at twilight; / afterwards, one should feed brahmins and satisfy them with gifts. / Bringing destruction to all sins, destroying all poverty, / the worship of Śiva that bestows all desired boons has been proclaimed by me. / The multitude of great mortal sins, as well as minor sins...