Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 9
GnP 1 9.1
।। अथ नवमोऽध्यायः ।। सूत उवाच ।। ततो भृगुः क्षणं ध्यात्वा पुनस्तं प्राह भूपतिम् । अत्यन्त विह्वलो दुःखं वीक्ष्यतत्पूर्वकर्मजम्
|| atha navamo'dhyāyaḥ || sūta uvāca || tato bhṛguḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā punastaṃ prāha bhūpatim | atyanta vihvalo duḥkhaṃ vīkṣyatatpūrvakarmajam
Now the ninth chapter. Sūta said: Then Bhṛgu, having reflected for a moment, spoke again to that king, who was utterly distraught, seeing the suffering born of his former deeds.
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GnP 1 9.2
भृगुरुवाच ।। क्व पाप निकरास्तेतु क्वोपायाः कथिता मया । तथाप्येवं ब्रवीमित्वामुपायमघनाशनम्
bhṛguruvāca || kva pāpa nikarāstetu kvopāyāḥ kathitā mayā | tathāpyevaṃ bravīmitvāmupāyamaghanāśanam
Bhṛgu said: Where are those heaps of sin of yours, and where the means I have described? Nevertheless I tell you thus of a means that destroys sin.
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GnP 1 9.3
गणेशस्य पुराणं त्वं श्रोष्यसे यदिसत्वरः । तदैव मोक्ष्यसेदुःखसागरान्नात्रसंशयः
gaṇeśasya purāṇaṃ tvaṃ śroṣyase yadisatvaraḥ | tadaiva mokṣyaseduḥkhasāgarānnātrasaṃśayaḥ
If you will promptly listen to the Purāṇa of Gaṇeśa, then at that very moment you will be released from the ocean of suffering—there is no doubt in this.
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GnP 1 9.4
इत्युक्त्वा तं गणेशस्य नामाष्टशतमुत्तमम् । जप्त्वा जलं मन्त्रयित्वा सिषेच नृपतिं तदा
ityuktvā taṃ gaṇeśasya nāmāṣṭaśatamuttamam | japtvā jalaṃ mantrayitvā siṣeca nṛpatiṃ tadā
Having said this, he recited the excellent one hundred and eight names of Gaṇeśa, and, having empowered water with the mantra, he then sprinkled it on the king.
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GnP 1 9.5
सिक्तमात्रे जले तेन तन्नासारं ध्रतो लघुः । कृष्णास्यः प्रापतद्भूमौ ववृधे तत्क्षणादसौ
siktamātre jale tena tannāsāraṃ dhrato laghuḥ | kṛṣṇāsyaḥ prāpatadbhūmau vavṛdhe tatkṣaṇādasau
The moment the water was sprinkled by him, from his nostril a small (being), black-faced, fell to the ground, and in that very instant it grew.
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GnP 1 9.6
सप्ततालप्रमाणोभूद्व्यादितास्यो भयङ्करः । करालजिह्वोरक्ताक्षो दीर्घबाहुर्जटाधरः
saptatālapramāṇobhūdvyāditāsyo bhayaṅkaraḥ | karālajihvoraktākṣo dīrghabāhurjaṭādharaḥ
It became of the measure of seven palm trees, with gaping mouth, terrifying, with a gruesome tongue, red eyes, long arms, and matted hair.
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GnP 1 9.7
मुखादुरुवमन्नग्निं क्षणाच्च पूयशोणिते । नेत्राणामन्धतां कुर्वन्नन्धकार इवापरः
mukhāduruvamannagniṃ kṣaṇācca pūyaśoṇite | netrāṇāmandhatāṃ kurvannandhakāra ivāparaḥ
From its mouth it vomited fire, and in a moment pus and blood, causing blindness of the eyes, like a second Darkness.
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GnP 1 9.8
आलोक्य दुद्रुवुः सर्वे तदाश्रम निवासिनः । दंष्ट्रारावैर्दशदिशः पूरयन्तं तमद्भुतम्
ālokya dudruvuḥ sarve tadāśrama nivāsinaḥ | daṃṣṭrārāvairdaśadiśaḥ pūrayantaṃ tamadbhutam
Seeing that marvel, filling the ten directions with the gnashing of its fangs, all the dwellers of that hermitage fled.
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GnP 1 9.9
अपृच्छत्तं द्विजवरस्तत्समक्षं तु पूरुषम् । विद्वानपीतिकोसित्वं नाम ते किं वदस्वमे
apṛcchattaṃ dvijavarastatsamakṣaṃ tu pūruṣam | vidvānapītikositvaṃ nāma te kiṃ vadasvame
But the best of brahmins, though he knew, asked that person before him: "Who are you? Tell me, what is your name?"
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GnP 1 9.10
प्रत्युवाच मुनिं तं तु परिपृष्टो द्विजेनसः । प्राणिमात्रशरीरस्थो नाम्नाहं पापपूरुषः
pratyuvāca muniṃ taṃ tu paripṛṣṭo dvijenasaḥ | prāṇimātraśarīrastho nāmnāhaṃ pāpapūruṣaḥ
Being questioned by the brahmin, he replied to that sage: "I dwell in the body of every living being; by name I am the Sin-Person."
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GnP 1 9.11
त्वन्मत्रजलपातेन निःसृतो राजदेहतः । क्षुधातुरो भक्ष्यमीहेदेहिमह्यं न चेत्तदा
tvanmatrajalapātena niḥsṛto rājadehataḥ | kṣudhāturo bhakṣyamīhedehimahyaṃ na cettadā
"By the falling of your mantra-water I have come out of the king's body. I am afflicted with hunger; I want food—give it to me; and if not, then..."
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GnP 1 9.12
भक्षयिष्ये मुनेलोकान् सोमकान्तं तवाग्रतः । वद मे वसतिं रम्यामितोनिःसारितस्य च
bhakṣayiṣye munelokān somakāntaṃ tavāgrataḥ | vada me vasatiṃ ramyāmitoniḥsāritasya ca
"...I shall devour the people, O sage, and Somakānta before your eyes. Tell me a pleasant dwelling, since I have been driven out from here."
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GnP 1 9.13
ततस्तु बहिरभ्येत्य तमुवाच मुनिः पुनः । अस्मिन् रसातले सरले विरसे वस कोटरे
tatastu bahirabhyetya tamuvāca muniḥ punaḥ | asmin rasātale sarale virase vasa koṭare
Then the sage went outside and spoke to him again: "Dwell here in the hollow of this sapless, straight (?) sarala tree."
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GnP 1 9.14
गलितानि च पत्राणि भक्षयस्व ममाज्ञया । नोचेत्वां भस्मसात्कुर्यां नानृतं मे वचोधम
galitāni ca patrāṇi bhakṣayasva mamājñayā | nocetvāṃ bhasmasātkuryāṃ nānṛtaṃ me vacodhama
"And by my command eat the fallen leaves; otherwise I would reduce you to ashes—my word is not false, O base one."
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GnP 1 9.15
सूत उवाच ।। इति तन्मुवाक्यान्ते शुष्कं स वृक्षमस्पृशत् । भस्मसादभवद्वृक्षोद्विजास्तत्स्पर्शमात्रतः
sūta uvāca || iti tanmuvākyānte śuṣkaṃ sa vṛkṣamaspṛśat | bhasmasādabhavadvṛkṣodvijāstatsparśamātrataḥ
Sūta said: Thus, at the end of the sage's speech, he touched the dry tree; and, O brahmins, from that mere touch the tree became ashes.
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GnP 1 9.16
मुनेः संदर्शनाद्भीत तस्मिन् भस्मन्यलीयत । तस्मिन् विलिने स मुनिः सोमकान्तं पुनर्जगौ
muneḥ saṃdarśanādbhīta tasmin bhasmanyalīyata | tasmin viline sa muniḥ somakāntaṃ punarjagau
Frightened at the sight of the sage, he merged into that ash; and when he had vanished, the sage spoke again to Somakānta.
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GnP 1 9.17
भृगुरुवाच ।। पुराणश्रवणाद्यत्ते जातं पुण्यं नृपोत्तम । अयं यावच्च्यूततरुरत्रचोतिष्ठते पुनः
bhṛguruvāca || purāṇaśravaṇādyatte jātaṃ puṇyaṃ nṛpottama | ayaṃ yāvaccyūtataruratracotiṣṭhate punaḥ
Bhṛgu said: O best of kings, whatever merit has arisen for you from hearing the Purāṇa—as long as this fallen tree stands here again...
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GnP 1 9.18
तापत्संपादयस्मिंस्तद्भस्मन्येव दिने दिने । विवृद्धेस्मिंस्तरौराजन्निष्पापस्त्वं भविष्यसि
tāpatsaṃpādayasmiṃstadbhasmanyeva dine dine | vivṛddhesmiṃstaraurājanniṣpāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
...bring that (merit) day by day into that very ash; and when this tree has grown up, O king, you will be free of sin.
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GnP 1 9.19
राजोवाच ।। गणेशस्य पुराणं यन्नदृष्टं न च वै श्रुतम् । कुत्र तल्लभ्यते ब्रह्मन्व्याकर्ता तस्य वा मुने
rājovāca || gaṇeśasya purāṇaṃ yannadṛṣṭaṃ na ca vai śrutam | kutra tallabhyate brahmanvyākartā tasya vā mune
The king said: This Purāṇa of Gaṇeśa which has been neither seen nor heard—where is it obtained, O brahmin, and who is its expounder, O sage?
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GnP 1 9.20
मुनिरुवाच ।। ब्रह्मणा कथितं पूर्वं वेदव्यासाय धीमते । व्यासाच्च विदितं मह्यं पुराणं पापनाशनम्
muniruvāca || brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ vedavyāsāya dhīmate | vyāsācca viditaṃ mahyaṃ purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam
The sage said: It was formerly told by Brahmā to the wise Vedavyāsa, and from Vyāsa the sin-destroying Purāṇa became known to me.
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GnP 1 9.21
अहं च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थेस्नानं समाचर । श्रोष्ये पुराणमिति च सङ्कल्पं कुरु सुव्रत
ahaṃ ca te pravakṣyāmi tīrthesnānaṃ samācara | śroṣye purāṇamiti ca saṅkalpaṃ kuru suvrata
And I shall recite it to you; perform your bath at the sacred ford, and make the resolve, "I shall hear the Purāṇa," O you of good vows.
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GnP 1 9.22
सूत उवाच ।। भृगुणानोदितः स्नात्वा भृगुतीर्थेति विश्रुते । सोमकान्तोमुदायुक्तस्ततः सङ्कल्पमाचरत्
sūta uvāca || bhṛguṇānoditaḥ snātvā bhṛgutīrtheti viśrute | somakāntomudāyuktastataḥ saṅkalpamācarat
Sūta said: Thus urged by Bhṛgu, Somakānta bathed in (the ford) famed as Bhṛgutīrtha, and, filled with joy, then made the resolve.
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GnP 1 9.23
गणेशस्य पुराणं यत्तच्छ्रोष्येद्यप्रभृत्यहम् । सङ्कल्पमात्रे तु कृते बभौ राजा निरामयः
gaṇeśasya purāṇaṃ yattacchroṣyedyaprabhṛtyaham | saṅkalpamātre tu kṛte babhau rājā nirāmayaḥ
"From today onward I shall hear that Purāṇa of Gaṇeśa"—and as soon as the resolve was made, the king appeared free of disease.
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GnP 1 9.24
भृगुप्रसादान्नीरक्तः कृमिक्षतविसर्जितः । गृहीत्वा तं भृगुरगाद्विस्मितं हर्षितं नृपम्
bhṛguprasādānnīraktaḥ kṛmikṣatavisarjitaḥ | gṛhītvā taṃ bhṛguragādvismitaṃ harṣitaṃ nṛpam
By Bhṛgu's grace he became free of the discharge, released from the worm-eaten sores; Bhṛgu took the king, who was astonished and delighted, and went (with him).
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GnP 1 9.25
उपविश्यासनेस्वीये दापयत्तस्यचासनम् । उपविष्टो बभाषे तं दिव्यकान्तिर्नृपोत्तमः
upaviśyāsanesvīye dāpayattasyacāsanam | upaviṣṭo babhāṣe taṃ divyakāntirnṛpottamaḥ
Having seated himself on his own seat, he had a seat given to him as well; and when (the king) was seated, that best of kings, of divine radiance, spoke to him.
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GnP 1 9.26
राजोवाच ।। भवत्प्रसादात्सकला गरिष्ठा सङ्कल्प मात्रेण गता व्यथा मे । आश्चर्यभूतं सकलं वदस्व पुराणमेतद् द्विरदाननस्य
rājovāca || bhavatprasādātsakalā gariṣṭhā saṅkalpa mātreṇa gatā vyathā me | āścaryabhūtaṃ sakalaṃ vadasva purāṇametad dviradānanasya
The king said: By your grace all my grievous pain has gone by mere intention. Tell me this whole wondrous Purāṇa of the elephant-faced one.
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GnP 1 9.27
भृगुरुवाच ।। श्रृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा तत्पुराणं वदाम्यहम् । अनन्तपुण्यनिचयैर्यस्य श्रवणगोचरा
bhṛguruvāca || śrṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā tatpurāṇaṃ vadāmyaham | anantapuṇyanicayairyasya śravaṇagocarā
Bhṛgu said: Listen attentively; I shall relate that Purāṇa, of which, through endless accumulations of merit, the hearing becomes accessible—
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GnP 1 9.28
मतिरुत्पद्यते पुंसां नान्यथा पापकारिणाम् । यस्याकर्णनमात्रेण सप्तजन्मार्जितान्यपि
matirutpadyate puṃsāṃ nānyathā pāpakāriṇām | yasyākarṇanamātreṇa saptajanmārjitānyapi
—the inclination arises in men, not otherwise for evildoers; by the mere hearing of which even (the sins) amassed in seven births,
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GnP 1 9.29
लघुशुष्कार्द्रस्थूलानि पापानि च महान्त्यपि । तत्क्षणाद्विलयं यान्ति गणेशस्य प्रसादतः
laghuśuṣkārdrasthūlāni pāpāni ca mahāntyapi | tatkṣaṇādvilayaṃ yānti gaṇeśasya prasādataḥ
slight, dry, moist, gross, and even great sins, go to dissolution in that very instant by the grace of Gaṇeśa.
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GnP 1 9.30
अव्ययस्या प्रमेयस्य निर्गुणस्य निराकृतेः । मनोवागनिरूप्यस्य केवलानन्दरूपिणः
avyayasyā prameyasya nirguṇasya nirākṛteḥ | manovāganirūpyasya kevalānandarūpiṇaḥ
Of the imperishable, immeasurable, attributeless, formless one, who cannot be determined by mind or speech, whose form is pure bliss,
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GnP 1 9.31
यस्य स्वरूपं नविदुर्ब्रह्मेशानादयः सुराः । सहस्र वदनो यस्य महिमानं न चक्षमः
yasya svarūpaṃ navidurbrahmeśānādayaḥ surāḥ | sahasra vadano yasya mahimānaṃ na cakṣamaḥ
whose own nature Brahmā, Īśāna and the other gods do not know, whose greatness the thousand-mouthed (Śeṣa) was not able—
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GnP 1 9.32
यावद्विशेषविदपि प्रवक्तुं राजसत्तम । मया यथा श्रुतं पूर्वं तत्पुराणं सुपुण्यदम्
yāvadviśeṣavidapi pravaktuṃ rājasattama | mayā yathā śrutaṃ pūrvaṃ tatpurāṇaṃ supuṇyadam
—although he knows the particulars, to declare in full, O best of kings: that most merit-giving Purāṇa, just as it was formerly heard by me,
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GnP 1 9.33
अतीन्द्रियज्ञानवतो व्यासाच्चामिततेजसः । यज्ञविध्वंसशोकार्तो दक्षः सुश्रावमुद्गलात्
atīndriyajñānavato vyāsāccāmitatejasaḥ | yajñavidhvaṃsaśokārto dakṣaḥ suśrāvamudgalāt
from Vyāsa of measureless brilliance, possessed of supersensuous knowledge; and Dakṣa, stricken with grief at the destruction of his sacrifice, heard it well from Mudgala.
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GnP 1 9.34
यस्य भक्तिर्दृढा राजन् गणेशे सर्वसिद्धिदे । स एतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं न वाच्यं तांदृशेतरे
yasya bhaktirdṛḍhā rājan gaṇeśe sarvasiddhide | sa etacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ na vācyaṃ tāṃdṛśetare
He whose devotion is firm, O king, in Gaṇeśa the giver of all attainments—let him hear this constantly; it is not to be told to others who are not such.
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GnP 1 9.35
यदि सर्वेपि कुर्वीरन् विघ्नराजस्य सेवनम् । क्व तदा विघ्ननिचया विचरेयुर्यथासुखम्
yadi sarvepi kurvīran vighnarājasya sevanam | kva tadā vighnanicayā vicareyuryathāsukham
If all men were to perform the service of the King of Obstacles, where then would the hosts of obstacles roam about at their pleasure?
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GnP 1 9.36
दुखान्यनुभवेयुः केनानाविरहजान्युत । चकारेदं पुरा व्यासो भूतभव्यभविष्यवित्
dukhānyanubhaveyuḥ kenānāvirahajānyuta | cakāredaṃ purā vyāso bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyavit
By whom would sorrows not born of separation be experienced? Formerly Vyāsa, knower of past, present and future, composed this.
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GnP 1 9.37
वेदार्थज्ञानरहितान् वेदाध्ययनवर्जितान् । वर्णाश्रमाचारशून्यान् जातिसंकरकारिणः
vedārthajñānarahitān vedādhyayanavarjitān | varṇāśramācāraśūnyān jātisaṃkarakāriṇaḥ
(Seeing) men devoid of knowledge of the Veda's meaning, abstaining from Vedic study, empty of the observances of class and life-stage, causing confusion of castes,
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GnP 1 9.38
कलौ विलोक्य तु जनान् कुटिलान् पापकारिणः । अष्टादश पुराणानि कृतवान् धर्मगुप्तये
kalau vilokya tu janān kuṭilān pāpakāriṇaḥ | aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni kṛtavān dharmaguptaye
seeing men in the Kali age crooked and doing evil, he composed the eighteen Purāṇas for the protection of dharma,
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GnP 1 9.39
तावन्त्युपपुराणानि ततोर्थान् बुबुधुर्जनाः । तत एव गणेशस्य रूपं जानन्त्यमीजनाः
tāvantyupapurāṇāni tatorthān bubudhurjanāḥ | tata eva gaṇeśasya rūpaṃ jānantyamījanāḥ
and as many Upapurāṇas; from them people understood the meanings. From that very (source) these people know the form of Gaṇeśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition