Padma Purana · Chapter 6.138

mahādeva uvāca/
gaṇatīrthaṃ tato gacchettīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ /
triviṣṭapamiti proktaṃ gaṇaistu caṃdanā taṭe

triviṣṭape naraḥ snātvā pūrṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ /
saṃśayo nātra karttavyo mucyate brahmahatyayā

caturo vārṣikānmāsānsthitiryasya triviṣṭape /
so'pi puṇyo mahābhāge rudraloke mahīyate

gaṇatīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāmupoṣitaḥ /
bakulāsaṃgame snātvā svargaṃ gacchati mānavaḥ

tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā bakuleśaṃ vilokya ca /
gaṇeśvaraprasādena gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt

idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ puṇyāyuṣyavivarddhanam /
śrutvā tu labhate puṇyaṃ gaṃgāsnānasamaṃ naraḥ

atra sthitvā nirāhāro jiteṃdriya samāhitaḥ /
japatyevaṃ paraṃ devaṃ gaṇeśvaraṃ manoramam

saṃprāpnotyakhilānbhogānsatyaṃ satyaṃ varānane /
atra rājā somavaṃśī viśvadattaḥ sa vīryavān

tena tapo mahattaptaṃ bahukālaṃ sureśvari /
gāṇapatyaṃ tadā prāptaṃ śrīgaṇeśaprasādataḥ

vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca hoḍaḥ kauśītako muniḥ /
bharadvājoṃgirāścaiva viśvāmitro'tha vāmanaḥ

ete vai munayaḥ sarve puṇyarūpā maheśvari /
nityaṃ sevāṃ prakurvaṃti śrīgaṇeśaprasādataḥ

aputro labhate putrānnirddhano labhate dhanam /
avidyo labhate vidyāṃ mokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt

kimanyadbahunoktena bhūyobhūyo varānane /
yo'tra snānaṃ prakurvīta pūjanaṃ vā karoti ca

sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam /
śivāya viṣṇurūpāya viṣṇave śivarūpiṇe

nāṃtaraṃ devi paśyāmi śrīviṣṇośca prasādataḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcātsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde bakulāsaṃgame gaṇatīrthaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ