Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
तस्य भक्ष्यस्य गन्धेन निष्क्रान्तो मूषको बिलात् । भक्षणाच्चामरो जातस्तस्य वाह्यो व्यजायत
tasya bhakṣyasya gandhena niṣkrānto mūṣako bilāt | bhakṣaṇāccāmaro jātastasya vāhyo vyajāyata
Vom Duft jener Süßspeise angelockt, kam eine Maus aus ihrem Loch hervor. Und durch das Essen wurde sie flink; so wurde sie als sein Reittier (Vāhana) geboren.
Narrator (within the Śiva-Pārvatī framed account)
Tirtha: Mahāvināyaka-sthāna at Arbuda (as narrated)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: A mouse emerges from a dark burrow, nose lifted to the sweet fragrance; it eats the modaka-prasāda and becomes vigorous and swift, poised as the deity’s mount.
FAQs
Even the smallest creature becomes elevated through contact with sacred offering and divine presence—transformation through proximity to dharma.
The Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting; the verse mainly explains Gaṇeśa’s vāhana tradition.
No explicit prescription; it supports the devotional practice of offering sweets and contemplating Gaṇeśa’s iconography.