Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 20
भद्रस्य दिव्यरथारोहणं शङ्खनादश्च — Bhadra’s Divine Chariot-Ascent and the Conch-Blast
ललाटे ऽभिहितो विष्णुः पूर्वमेवावमानितः । चुकोप गणपेंद्राय मृगेंद्रायेव गोवृषः
lalāṭe 'bhihito viṣṇuḥ pūrvamevāvamānitaḥ | cukopa gaṇapeṃdrāya mṛgeṃdrāyeva govṛṣaḥ
Viṣṇu—der zuvor schon geschmäht worden war, weil man ihn nur als ein Zeichen auf der Stirn bezeichnete—entbrannte in Zorn gegen Gaṇeśa, wie ein mächtiger Stier gegen einen herrlichen Löwen tobt.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
FAQs
The verse highlights how wounded pride and dishonour ignite anger even in great beings; Shaiva Siddhanta emphasizes that grace arises through humility and surrender to Pati (Shiva), not through ego-based rivalry.
By portraying conflict born from misrecognition and insult, the narrative indirectly points to the need for right understanding (tattva-jñāna) of Saguna Shiva’s order—where Gaṇeśa, as Shiva’s gaṇa-nāyaka, functions within Shiva’s cosmic governance often symbolized by Linga-worship.
A practical takeaway is japa with the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to cool anger and purify pride, supported by disciplined devotion such as applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder of impermanence and restraint.