Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91
क्षालिताः पूरिता नीताः षडक्षरजपेन च । गडुकाष्चशतं कुर्यादथवाप्यष्टविंशतिः
kṣālitāḥ pūritā nītāḥ ṣaḍakṣarajapena ca | gaḍukāṣcaśataṃ kuryādathavāpyaṣṭaviṃśatiḥ
കഴുകി, നിറച്ച്, (പൂജാർത്ഥം) കൊണ്ടുപോയി, ഷഡക്ഷരമന്ത്രജപത്തോടുകൂടെ—നൂറ് ഗഡുകങ്ങൾ ഒരുക്കണം; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കുറഞ്ഞത് ഇരുപത്തിയെട്ടെങ്കിലും।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Type: temple
Scene: A devotee in a Śiva temple courtyard washes and fills many small water-pots (gaḍukas), arranging them neatly for liṅga worship while softly repeating a six-syllable mantra; lamps and bilva leaves are nearby.
FAQs
Ritual action should be joined to mantra; external preparation becomes sacred when performed with japa.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a general prescription for Śiva-ritual.
Wash, fill, and bring the gaḍukas while doing ṣaḍakṣara-japa; prepare 100 pots, or at least 28.