Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 35

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

चतुर्थ्यां त्वं समुत्पन्नो भाद्रे मासि गणेश्वर । असिते च तथा पक्षे चंद्रस्योदयने शुभे

Transliteration

caturthyāṃ tvaṃ samutpanno bhādre māsi gaṇeśvara | asite ca tathā pakṣe caṃdrasyodayane śubhe

Translation

يا غَنيشْوَرا، لقد وُلِدتَ في اليوم القمري الرابع (تشاتورثي) من شهر بهادرا، وفي النصف المظلم أيضًا، عند طلوع القمر الطالع طلوعًا مباركًا.

Word by Word

• चतुर्थ्याम्: on the fourth (tithi)
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुत्पन्नः: were born/arose
• समुत्पन्नः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्√पद्/पद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे ‘arisen/born’

• भाद्रे: in Bhādra
• भाद्रे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गणेश्वर: O Lord of the gaṇas (Gaṇeśa)
• गणेश्वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• असिते: in the dark (fortnight)
• असिते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पक्षे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also/likewise’

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• चन्द्रस्य: of the moon
• चन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• उदयने: at the rising
• उदयने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (उदयने)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Ganesha

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It sanctifies Gaṇeśa’s manifestation by fixing it within sacred lunar time (Caturthī, Moonrise), teaching that divine grace operates through ritually meaningful cosmic rhythms and supports bhakti-based observance.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

In Shaiva practice, Gaṇeśa is honored as Shiva’s gaṇa-lord and a guardian of auspicious beginnings; his worship supports Saguna Shiva devotion by removing obstacles before linga-pūjā and other Shaiva rites.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Observing Caturthī with evening worship at Moonrise—beginning with Gaṇeśa japa and offerings—serves as a preparatory vrata for focused Shiva-bhakti (often paired with mantra recitation such as the Pañcākṣarī).