Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 18

GnP 1 18.1

सोमकांत उवाच ॥ कथं जजाप हरिः कुत्र वा मंत्रमुत्तमम् । सिद्धिं चावाप स कथं वद ने तत् सविस्तरम् ददामि तानहं सर्वांस्तपसाऽनेन तोषितः । पूर्वमेवार्चितः स्यां चेद्विजयस्ते ध्रुवं भवेत् तत आनंदपूर्णोऽसौ मेने तावसुरौ जितौ। प्रासादं निर्ममे तत्र स्फाटिकं भूरि रत्नकम् मम प्रहारान्हि युवां सहार्थ बहुलाः समाः । युवयोः पुरुषार्थेन प्रीतोऽहं दैत्यपुंगवौ शंकरेणोपदिष्टोऽहं षडर्णमन्त्रमुत्तमम् । आराधयमहं तेन देवं विघ्नेश्वरं विभुम्

somakāṃta uvāca || kathaṃ jajāpa hariḥ kutra vā maṃtramuttamam | siddhiṃ cāvāpa sa kathaṃ vada ne tat savistaram dadāmi tānahaṃ sarvāṃstapasā'nena toṣitaḥ | pūrvamevārcitaḥ syāṃ cedvijayaste dhruvaṃ bhavet tata ānaṃdapūrṇo'sau mene tāvasurau jitau| prāsādaṃ nirmame tatra sphāṭikaṃ bhūri ratnakam mama prahārānhi yuvāṃ sahārtha bahulāḥ samāḥ | yuvayoḥ puruṣārthena prīto'haṃ daityapuṃgavau śaṃkareṇopadiṣṭo'haṃ ṣaḍarṇamantramuttamam | ārādhayamahaṃ tena devaṃ vighneśvaraṃ vibhum

Somakānta said: How did Hari mutter the excellent mantra, and where? And how did he obtain the accomplishment? Tell us that in full. — I grant them all to them, being pleased by this austerity; if I am worshipped beforehand, your victory will surely come about. — Then, filled with joy, he considered those two demons already conquered; he built there a palace of crystal, rich with many jewels. — For many years you two together have (borne) my blows; I am pleased with the manly effort of you two, O bulls among Daityas. — By Śaṃkara I was taught the excellent six-syllabled mantra; with it I propitiated the god Vighneśvara, the mighty lord.

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GnP 1 18.2

भृगुरुवाच ॥ सिद्धिक्षेत्रमिति ख्यातं भुवि सिद्धिकरं परम् । तत्र गत्वा महाविष्णुस्तताप परमं तपः

bhṛguruvāca || siddhikṣetramiti khyātaṃ bhuvi siddhikaraṃ param | tatra gatvā mahāviṣṇustatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ

Bhṛgu said: There is a place on earth famed as Siddhikṣetra, supremely bestowing accomplishment; going there, the great Viṣṇu performed the highest austerity.

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GnP 1 18.3

ध्यायन् विनायकं देवं षडक्षरविधानतः । आराधयामास तदा जित्वा खानि प्रयत्नतः

dhyāyan vināyakaṃ devaṃ ṣaḍakṣaravidhānataḥ | ārādhayāmāsa tadā jitvā khāni prayatnataḥ

Meditating on the god Vināyaka according to the rite of the six syllables, he then worshipped (him), having with effort subdued the senses.

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GnP 1 18.4

बाणास्त्रेण तु कृत्वैव पूर्वं दिग्बंधमादृतः । भूतशुद्धिं विधायैव प्राणानां स्थापनं तथा

bāṇāstreṇa tu kṛtvaiva pūrvaṃ digbaṃdhamādṛtaḥ | bhūtaśuddhiṃ vidhāyaiva prāṇānāṃ sthāpanaṃ tathā

Reverently he first made the binding of the directions with the arrow-weapon (mantra), and performed the purification of the elements and likewise the placing of the vital breaths.

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GnP 1 18.5

कृत्वांतर्मातृका न्यासमाधारादि क्रमेण तु । बहिश्च मातृका न्यासं मस्तकादि क्रमेण च

kṛtvāṃtarmātṛkā nyāsamādhārādi krameṇa tu | bahiśca mātṛkā nyāsaṃ mastakādi krameṇa ca

Having done the inner placing (nyāsa) of the alphabet-syllables in order beginning from the base (support), and the outer placing of the syllables in order beginning from the head,

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GnP 1 18.7

प्राणानायम्य मूलेन ध्यात्वा देवं गजाननम् । आवाहनादि मुद्राभिः पूजयित्वा मनोमयैः ॥॥ द्रव्यैर्नानाविधैश्चैव षोडशैश्चौपचारकैः । जजाप परमं मंत्रं विष्णुर्योगेश्वरेश्वरः

prāṇānāyamya mūlena dhyātvā devaṃ gajānanam | āvāhanādi mudrābhiḥ pūjayitvā manomayaiḥ |||| dravyairnānāvidhaiścaiva ṣoḍaśaiścaupacārakaiḥ | jajāpa paramaṃ maṃtraṃ viṣṇuryogeśvareśvaraḥ

restraining the breaths with the root (mantra), meditating on the elephant-faced god, worshipping (him) with the gestures of invocation and the rest, made of mind, and with substances of many kinds and the sixteen services, Viṣṇu, the lord of the lords of yoga, muttered the supreme mantra.

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GnP 1 18.8

गते वर्षशते काले परमात्मा गणाधिपः । प्रत्यक्षतां ययौ तस्य कोटिसूर्याग्निसन्निभः

gate varṣaśate kāle paramātmā gaṇādhipaḥ | pratyakṣatāṃ yayau tasya koṭisūryāgnisannibhaḥ

When a hundred years had passed, the Supreme Self, the lord of the hosts, resembling a crore of suns and fires, became visible to him.

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GnP 1 18.9

अति प्रसन्नहृदयो बभाषे गरुडध्वजम् । याचस्व त्वं वरान्मत्तो यांस्त्वं कामयसे हरे

ati prasannahṛdayo babhāṣe garuḍadhvajam | yācasva tvaṃ varānmatto yāṃstvaṃ kāmayase hare

With a heart exceedingly pleased he spoke to him whose banner is Garuḍa: "Ask of me the boons that you desire, Hari."

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GnP 1 18.11

हरिरुवाच ॥ ब्रह्मेशानाविन्द्रमुख्याश्च देवां यं त्वां द्रष्टुं नैव शक्तास्तपोभिः । तं त्वां नानारूपमेकस्करूपं पश्ये व्यक्ताव्यक्त रूपं गणेशम्

hariruvāca || brahmeśānāvindramukhyāśca devāṃ yaṃ tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ naiva śaktāstapobhiḥ | taṃ tvāṃ nānārūpamekaskarūpaṃ paśye vyaktāvyakta rūpaṃ gaṇeśam

Hari said: You whom Brahmā, Īśāna, Indra and the other chief gods are not able to see even by austerities — you, of many forms and yet of a single form, of form both manifest and unmanifest, Gaṇeśa, I behold.

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GnP 1 18.12

त्वं योऽणुभ्योऽणु स्वरूपो महद्भ्यो व्योमा दिभ्यस्त्वं महान्सत्वरूपः । सृष्टिं चान्तं पालनं त्वं करोषि वारंवारं प्राणिनां दैवयोगात्

tvaṃ yo'ṇubhyo'ṇu svarūpo mahadbhyo vyomā dibhyastvaṃ mahānsatvarūpaḥ | sṛṣṭiṃ cāntaṃ pālanaṃ tvaṃ karoṣi vāraṃvāraṃ prāṇināṃ daivayogāt

You who are in nature subtler than the subtle, and greater than the great, than space and the rest — you are the great one whose nature is being. Again and again, by the working of fate, you make the creation, the end, and the preservation of living beings.

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GnP 1 18.13

सर्वस्यात्मा सर्वगं सर्वशक्तिः सर्वव्यापी सर्वकर्ता परेशः । सर्व द्रष्टा संहारकर्ता पाता धाता विश्वनेता पिताऽपि

sarvasyātmā sarvagaṃ sarvaśaktiḥ sarvavyāpī sarvakartā pareśaḥ | sarva draṣṭā saṃhārakartā pātā dhātā viśvanetā pitā'pi

The self of all, all-pervading, all-powerful, everywhere-extending, doer of all, the supreme lord; seer of all, maker of destruction, protector, ordainer, leader of the universe, and father too.

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GnP 1 18.14

एतादृशस्य ते देव दर्शनान्मम सिद्धयः । संभविष्यन्ति सर्वत्र तथाऽप्येकं वदामि ते

etādṛśasya te deva darśanānmama siddhayaḥ | saṃbhaviṣyanti sarvatra tathā'pyekaṃ vadāmi te

From the sight of you, who are such, O god, my accomplishments will come about everywhere; nevertheless I tell you one thing.

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GnP 1 18.15

ममैव योगनिद्रान्ते श्रुतेर्मलसमुद्भवौ। मधुकैटभौ महासत्वौ कं खादितुमुद्यतौ

mamaiva yoganidrānte śrutermalasamudbhavau| madhukaiṭabhau mahāsatvau kaṃ khāditumudyatau

At the end of my own yogic sleep, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, arisen from the impurity of the ear, mighty beings, were ready to devour who(ever they could).

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GnP 1 18.16

ताभ्यामहं ततो युद्धं कृतवान् बहुवत्सरम् । ततः क्षीणबलं स्वाऽहं शरणं समुपागतः । अतो यथा तयोर्मत्तो वधः स्यात्तद्विचार्यताम्

tābhyāmahaṃ tato yuddhaṃ kṛtavān bahuvatsaram | tataḥ kṣīṇabalaṃ svā'haṃ śaraṇaṃ samupāgataḥ | ato yathā tayormatto vadhaḥ syāttadvicāryatām

Then I fought with those two for many years; then, my strength worn away, I have come to (your) refuge. Therefore let it be considered how their slaying at my hands may come about.

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GnP 1 18.17

अन्येषामपि दैत्यानां जयेन यश उत्तमम् । देहि मे परमेशान भक्तिं ते ह्यनपायिनीम्

anyeṣāmapi daityānāṃ jayena yaśa uttamam | dehi me parameśāna bhaktiṃ te hyanapāyinīm

Grant me, O supreme lord, the highest fame through victory over the other demons too, and unfailing devotion to you.

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GnP 1 18.18

यया मे कीर्तिरतुलां त्रैलोक्यं पावयिष्यति । गणेश उवाच ॥ यद्यत्ते प्रार्थितं विष्णो तत्तत्ते भविता ध्रुवम्

yayā me kīrtiratulāṃ trailokyaṃ pāvayiṣyati | gaṇeśa uvāca || yadyatte prārthitaṃ viṣṇo tattatte bhavitā dhruvam

"—by which my incomparable fame will purify the three worlds." Gaṇeśa said: "Whatever has been asked by you, Viṣṇu, all that shall certainly be yours:

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GnP 1 18.19

यशो बलं परा कीर्तिरविघ्नश्च भनिष्यति । मुनिरुवाच ॥ एवमुक्त्वा महाविष्णुं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे विभुः

yaśo balaṃ parā kīrtiravighnaśca bhaniṣyati | muniruvāca || evamuktvā mahāviṣṇuṃ tatraivāntardadhe vibhuḥ

glory, strength, supreme fame, and freedom from obstacles shall be (yours)." The sage said: Having spoken thus to great Viṣṇu, the mighty one vanished then and there.

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GnP 1 18.21

लसत्कांचन शिखरं चतुःद्वारं सुशोभनम् । प्रतिमां स्थापयामास गंडकीयोपलैः कृताम्

lasatkāṃcana śikharaṃ catuḥdvāraṃ suśobhanam | pratimāṃ sthāpayāmāsa gaṃḍakīyopalaiḥ kṛtām

(Viṣṇu) set up an image made of stones from the Gaṇḍakī (river), with a gleaming golden spire, four doors, and most beautiful.

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GnP 1 18.22

देवाश्च मुनयः सिद्धिर्विनायक इति प्रथाम् । चक्रुरत्र यतः सिद्धिः प्राप्तेयं हरिणा शुभा

devāśca munayaḥ siddhirvināyaka iti prathām | cakruratra yataḥ siddhiḥ prāpteyaṃ hariṇā śubhā

And the gods and the sages spread abroad the name "Siddhi-Vināyaka" there, since this auspicious success (siddhi) was obtained by Hari (in that place).

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GnP 1 18.23

सिद्धक्षेत्रं ततस्तत्तु पप्रथे भुवि सर्वशः । ततो जगाम स हरिर्यत्र तौ मधुकैटभौ

siddhakṣetraṃ tatastattu paprathe bhuvi sarvaśaḥ | tato jagāma sa hariryatra tau madhukaiṭabhau

Thereafter that place spread everywhere on earth as "the field of success" (siddhakṣetra). Then Hari went to where those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, were.

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GnP 1 18.24

दृष्ट्वा तौ हरिमायांतं जहसतुर्निनिन्दतुः । मेघश्यामं मुखं तेऽद्य दर्शितं नौ कुतः पुनः

dṛṣṭvā tau harimāyāṃtaṃ jahasaturninindatuḥ | meghaśyāmaṃ mukhaṃ te'dya darśitaṃ nau kutaḥ punaḥ

Seeing Hari coming, those two laughed and reviled (him): "Why have you shown us again today this face dark as a cloud?

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GnP 1 18.25

आवां तु ते महामुक्तिं दास्यावोऽतः पुनः किल । लघुतां च प्रयातोऽसि किमर्थं रणमागतः

āvāṃ tu te mahāmuktiṃ dāsyāvo'taḥ punaḥ kila | laghutāṃ ca prayāto'si kimarthaṃ raṇamāgataḥ

We two shall surely grant you great liberation, then, once again. And you have become small — for what purpose have you come to battle?"

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GnP 1 18.26

हरिरुवाच ॥ सहसा दहते सर्वं लघुरेव हुताशनः । लघुदीपो महद्रात्रौ यथा संहरते तमः

hariruvāca || sahasā dahate sarvaṃ laghureva hutāśanaḥ | laghudīpo mahadrātrau yathā saṃharate tamaḥ

Hari said: Fire, though small, burns everything all at once; as a small lamp destroys the great darkness at night,

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GnP 1 18.27

तथा वामहमद्यैव शक्तो नाशाय दुर्मदौ । मुनिरुवाच । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वाऽति क्रुद्धौ मधुकैटभौ

tathā vāmahamadyaiva śakto nāśāya durmadau | muniruvāca | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā'ti kruddhau madhukaiṭabhau

so I am able this very day to destroy you two, you evilly intoxicated ones. The sage said: Hearing that speech of his, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, greatly enraged,

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GnP 1 18.28

सहसा जघ्नतुर्विष्णुं मुष्टिभ्यां हृदये भृशम् । ततः पुनर्मल्लयुद्धं तयोस्तस्य व्यवर्धत

sahasā jaghnaturviṣṇuṃ muṣṭibhyāṃ hṛdaye bhṛśam | tataḥ punarmallayuddhaṃ tayostasya vyavardhata

suddenly struck Viṣṇu hard on the chest with their two fists. Then again the wrestling-match between those two and him grew (fierce).

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GnP 1 18.29

युद्ध्वा बहुदिनं ताभ्यां वरं दातुं सुमुत्सुकः । उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा हरिस्तौ मधुकैटभौ

yuddhvā bahudinaṃ tābhyāṃ varaṃ dātuṃ sumutsukaḥ | uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā haristau madhukaiṭabhau

Having fought with them for many days, and being very eager to grant a boon, Hari spoke with smooth words to those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha:

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GnP 1 18.31

युवयोः सदृशौ नैव संभूतौ न भविष्यतः। तावूचतुः । अस्मत्तस्त्वं वरान् ब्रूहि दास्यावस्तान्हरे बहून्

yuvayoḥ sadṛśau naiva saṃbhūtau na bhaviṣyataḥ| tāvūcatuḥ | asmattastvaṃ varān brūhi dāsyāvastānhare bahūn

"Your equals have never come into being, nor will they be." The two said: "Ask boons of us; we shall give you many of them, Hari.

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GnP 1 18.32

आवां हि तव युद्धेन संतुष्टौ च भृशं त्वयि । मुनिरुवाच॥ तयोर्वचनमाकर्ण्य मायामोहितयोर्हरिः

āvāṃ hi tava yuddhena saṃtuṣṭau ca bhṛśaṃ tvayi | muniruvāca|| tayorvacanamākarṇya māyāmohitayorhariḥ

For we two are pleased by your fighting and very much (pleased) with you." The sage said: Hearing the words of those two, deluded by (his) māyā, Hari—

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GnP 1 18.33

श्रुत्वा बभाण सैत्यौ मे वरान्दातुं समुद्यतौ । तदा मे वध्यतां यातं वर एष वृतो मया

śrutvā babhāṇa saityau me varāndātuṃ samudyatau | tadā me vadhyatāṃ yātaṃ vara eṣa vṛto mayā

having heard, said: "If you two are truly intent on giving me boons, then go to being slain by me — this is the boon chosen by me."

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GnP 1 18.34

तदा सर्वं जलमयं दृष्ट्वा तौ मधुकैटभौ। ऊचतुः परमप्रीतौ तव हस्तान्मृतिः शुभा

tadā sarvaṃ jalamayaṃ dṛṣṭvā tau madhukaiṭabhau| ūcatuḥ paramaprītau tava hastānmṛtiḥ śubhā

Then, seeing everything to be made of water, those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, greatly delighted, said: "Death at your hand is auspicious;

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GnP 1 18.35

अन्ते त्वचिंतनात्सद्यो मुक्तिं यान्ति सनातनीम् । यत्र नोर्वी जलमयी तत्र नौ जहि माधव

ante tvaciṃtanātsadyo muktiṃ yānti sanātanīm | yatra norvī jalamayī tatra nau jahi mādhava

at the end, even without thinking (of you), (those slain by you) at once go to eternal liberation. Where for us the earth is (covered) with water, there slay us, Mādhava.

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GnP 1 18.36

सर्वं त्यजावो नो सत्यं सत्ये सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । मुनिरुवाच ॥ तयोरित्थं वचः श्रुत्वा जघने तौ दधार ह

sarvaṃ tyajāvo no satyaṃ satye sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | muniruvāca || tayoritthaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā jaghane tau dadhāra ha

We give up everything, (but) not our truth; on truth all things rest." The sage said: Hearing their words thus, he held those two on his thighs,

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GnP 1 18.37

चक्रेण क्षुरधारेण चिच्छेद शिरसी तयोः । ततो देवा मुमुदिरे ववर्षुः कुसुमानि च

cakreṇa kṣuradhāreṇa ciccheda śirasī tayoḥ | tato devā mumudire vavarṣuḥ kusumāni ca

and with his razor-edged discus he cut off the heads of the two. Then the gods rejoiced and rained down flowers.

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GnP 1 18.38

गन्धर्वा ननृतुः सर्वे जगुरप्सरसां गणाः । ततस्तु विष्णुरभ्येत्य ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम्

gandharvā nanṛtuḥ sarve jagurapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | tatastu viṣṇurabhyetya brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam

The gandharvas all danced, and the hosts of apsarases sang. Then Viṣṇu, approaching Brahmā, the highest lord,

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GnP 1 18.39

कथयामास वृत्तात्तं सर्वं हर्षविनिर्भरः । हरिरुवाच ॥ यदाऽशक्तो विजेतुं तौ तदाहं गिरिशं गतः

kathayāmāsa vṛttāttaṃ sarvaṃ harṣavinirbharaḥ | hariruvāca || yadā'śakto vijetuṃ tau tadāhaṃ giriśaṃ gataḥ

overflowing with joy, related the whole event. Hari said: "When I was unable to conquer those two, then I went to Giriśa (Śiva);

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GnP 1 18.41

तेन दत्ता वरा महयं नाना कामफलप्रदाः । तत्प्रभावान् मया दुष्टौ निहतौ मधुकैटभौ

tena dattā varā mahayaṃ nānā kāmaphalapradāḥ | tatprabhāvān mayā duṣṭau nihatau madhukaiṭabhau

By him boons were granted to me, various ones bestowing the fruits of (my) desires; through their power the two wicked ones, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, were slain by me.

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GnP 1 18.42

स्तुतः संपूजितः सोऽथ तदैवान्तर्दधे विभुः । विज्ञातो महिमा तस्य गणेशस्य महात्मनः

stutaḥ saṃpūjitaḥ so'tha tadaivāntardadhe vibhuḥ | vijñāto mahimā tasya gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ

Then, having been praised and fully worshipped, that Lord vanished that very instant; and the greatness of that great-souled Gaṇeśa was understood.

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GnP 1 18.43

शंकरस्य प्रसादेन हनिष्ये दैत्य दानवान् । देवाश्च मुनयः सर्वे स्तुत्वा देवं गजाननम्

śaṃkarasya prasādena haniṣye daitya dānavān | devāśca munayaḥ sarve stutvā devaṃ gajānanam

"By Śaṃkara's grace I shall slay the daityas and dānavas." And the gods and all the sages, having praised the elephant-faced god,

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GnP 1 18.44

ब्रह्माणं शकरं मां च ययुः स्वं स्वं निकेतनम् । य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम्

brahmāṇaṃ śakaraṃ māṃ ca yayuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niketanam | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam

and Brahmā and Śaṃkara and me, went each to his own abode. Whoever should constantly hear this sin-destroying account of (his) greatness—

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GnP 1 18.45

कस्मादपि भयं न स्याल्लभते सार्वकामिकम्

kasmādapi bhayaṃ na syāllabhate sārvakāmikam

—for him there would be no fear from anything, and he obtains (the fruit) fulfilling all desires.

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