Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 72
The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
सुप्रभं च सुकर्माणं ददौ धाता गणेश्वरौ सुव्रतं सत्यसन्धं च मित्रः प्रदाद द्विजोत्तम
suprabhaṃ ca sukarmāṇaṃ dadau dhātā gaṇeśvarau suvrataṃ satyasandhaṃ ca mitraḥ pradāda dvijottama
ধাতাই দুজন গণেশ্বৰ দিলে—সুপ্ৰভ আৰু সুকৰ্মা; আৰু মিত্ৰই দিলে—সুব্ৰত আৰু সত্যসন্ধ, হে দ্বিজোত্তম।
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FAQs
Not necessarily. In many Purāṇic passages, gaṇeśvara means “a chief of a troop (gaṇa),” i.e., a commander among attendants. The elephant-headed Gaṇeśa is also called Gaṇeśvara, but the context here is a roster of multiple gaṇeśvaras, indicating a rank/title rather than the single well-known deity.
Purāṇic war-myths often depict a pan-deity alliance. Ādityas embody cosmic order (ṛta/dharma); their contribution of attendants with names like Suvrata and Satyasandha symbolically frames the campaign as enforcement of vows, truth, and right order.
It signals a didactic frame: the speaker is instructing a Brahmin sage or learned listener. This is typical of Purāṇic transmission, where mythic catalogues are embedded in dialogue and presented as authoritative recitation.