Varaha Purana · Chapter 23

prajāpāla uvāca /
kathaṃ gaṇapaterjanma mūrtimantaṃ ca sattama /
etanme saṃśayaṃ chindhi dhṛtikaṣṭaṃ vyavasthitam

mahātapā uvāca /
pūrvaṃ devagaṇāḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ /
kāryārambhaṃ tathā cakruḥ sidhyante ca na saṃśayaḥ

sanmārgavartiṣu yathā siddhyante vighnataḥ kriyāḥ /
asatkāriṣu sarveṣu tadvadevamavighnataḥ

tato devāḥ sapitaraścintayāmāsurojasā /
asatkāryeṣu vighnārthaṃ sarva evābhyamantrayan

tatasteṣāṃ tadā mantraṃ kurvatastridivaukasām /
babhūva buddhirgamane rudraṃ prati mahāmatim

te tatra rudramāgamya kailāsanilayaṃ gurum /
ūcuḥ savinayaṃ sarve praṇipātapuraḥsaram

devā ūcuḥ /
devadeva mahādeva śūlapāṇe trilocana /
vighnārthamaviśiṣṭānāmutpādayitumarhasi

evamuktarastadā devairbhavaḥ paramayā mudā /
umāṃ nirīkṣayāmāsa cakṣuṣā'nimiṣeṇa ha

devānāṃ sannidhau tasya paśyatomāṃ mahātmanaḥ /
cintā'bhūd vyomni mūrtibhyo dṛśyate kena hetunā

pṛthivyā vidyate mūrttirapāṃ mūrttistathaiva ca /
tejasaḥ śvasanasyāpi mūrttireṣā tu dṛśyate /
ākāśaṃ ca kathaṃ neti matvā devo jahāsa ca

jñānaśaktimumāṃ dṛṣṭvā yad dṛṣṭaṃ vyomni śaṃbhunā /
yaccoktaṃ brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ śarīraṃ tu śarīriṇām

yaccāpi hasitaṃ tena devena parameṣṭhinā /
etatkāryacatuṣkeṇa pṛthivyādicaturṣvapi

mūrttimānatitejasvī hasataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
pradīptāsyo mahādīptaḥ kumāro bhāsayan diśaḥ /
parameṣṭhiguṇairyuktaḥ sākṣād rudra ivāparaḥ

utpannamātro devānāṃ yoṣitaḥ sapramohayan /
kāntyā dīptyā tathā mūrtyā rūpeṇa ca mahātmavān

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ rūpaṃ kumārasya mahātmanaḥ /
umā'nimeṣanetrābhyāṃ tamapaśyata bhāminī

taṃ dṛṣṭvā kupito devaḥ strībhāvaṃ cañcalaṃ tathā /
matvā kumārarūpaṃ tu śobhanaṃ mohanaṃ dṛśām /
tataḥ śaśāpa taṃ devaḥ strīśaṅkāṃ parameśvaraḥ

kumāra gajavaktrastvaṃ pralambajaṭharastathā /
bhaviṣyasi tathā sarpairupavītagatirdhruvam /
evaṃ śaśāpa taṃ devastīvrakopasamanvitaḥ

arddhakoṭyā ca romāṇāmātmano'ṅge trilocanaḥ /
kūpakāsvedasalilapūrṇaśūladharastathā /
dhunvan śarīramutthāya tato devo ruṣānvitaḥ

yathā yathā'sau sa śarīramādyaṃ
dhunoti devastriśikhāstrapāṇiḥ /
tathā tathā cāṅgaruhāścakāsu-
rjalaṃ kṣitau saṃnyapataṃstathānyāḥ

vināyakānekavidhā gajāsyā -
stamālanīlāñjanasaṃnikāśāḥ /
uttasthuruccairvividhāstrahastā -
statastu devā manasākulena

kimetadityadbhutakarmakārī
hyekaḥ karotyapratimaṃ mahacca /
kāryaṃ surāṇāṃ kṛtametadiṣṭaṃ
bhavedathaitaṃ paritaṃ kutastat

divaukasāṃ cintayatāṃ tathā tu
vināyakaiḥ kṣmā kṣubhitā babhūva /
caturmukhaścāpratimo vimāna -
māruhya khe vākyamidaṃ jagāda

dhanyāḥ stha devāḥ suranāyakena
trilocanenādbhutarūpiṇā ca /
anugṛhītāḥ parameśvareṇa
suradviṣāṃ vighnakṛtāṃ natau ca

ityevamuktvā prapitāmahastā -
nuvāca devastriśikhāstrapāṇim /
yaste vibho vaktrasamudbhavaḥ prabhu-
rvināyakānāṃ bhavatu tvime'nugāḥ

bhavāṃstathā'syātmavareṇa cāmbare
tvayā caturṣvastu śarīracārī /
ākāśametad bahudhā vyavasthitaṃ
tvayā vareṇyaḥ kṛta eva nānyaḥ

prabhurbhava tvaṃ pratimāstrapāṇinā
imāni cāstrāṇi varāṃśca dehi /
ityevamuktvā'dhigate pitāmahe
trilocanaścātmabhavaṃ jagāda

vināyako vighnakaro gajāsyo
gaṇeśanāmā ca bhavasya putraḥ /
ete ca sarve tava yāntu bhṛtyā
vināyakāḥ krūradṛśaḥ pracaṇḍāḥ /
ucchuṣmadānādivivṛddhadehāḥ
kāryeṣu siddhiṃ pratipādayantaḥ

bhavāṃśca deveṣu tathā makheṣu
kāryeṣu cānyeṣu mahānubhāvāt /
agreṣu pūjāṃ labhate'nyathā ca
vināśayiṣyasyatha kāryasiddhim

ityevamuktvā parameśvareṇa
suraiḥ samaṃ kāñcanakumbhasaṃsthaiḥ /
jalaistathāsāvabhiṣiktagātro
rarāja rājendra vināyakānām

dṛṣṭavā'bhiṣicyamānaṃ tu devāstaṃ gaṇanāyakam /
tuṣṭuvuḥ prayatāḥ sarve triśūlāstrasya sannidhau

devā ūcuḥ /
namaste gajavaktrāya namaste gaṇanāyaka /
vināyaka namaste'stu namaste caṇḍavikrama

namo'stu te vighnakartre namaste sarpamekhala /
namaste rudravaktrottha pralambajaṭharāśrita

sarvadevanamaskārādavighnaṃ kuru sarvadā /
evaṃ stutastadā devairmahātmā gaṇanāyakaḥ /
abhiṣiktaśca rudrasya somasyāpatyatāṃ gataḥ

etaccaturthyāṃ saṃpannaṃ gaṇādhyakṣasya pārthiva /
yatastato'yaṃ mahatī tithīnāṃ paramā tithiḥ

etasyāṃ yastilān bhuktvā bhaktyā gaṇapatiṃ nṛpa /
ārādhayati tasyāśu tuṣyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

yaścaitat paṭhate stotraṃ yaścaitacchṛṇuyāt sadā /
na tasya vighnā jāyante na pāpaṃ sarvathā nṛpa

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ