Shloka 2
Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि युष्माभिः कीर्तितं स्तवम् श्रावयेद्वा द्विजान्विप्रो गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात्
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi yuṣmābhiḥ kīrtitaṃ stavam śrāvayedvā dvijānvipro gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt
Whoever recites, or even listens to, this hymn praised by you—and the learned brāhmaṇa who also causes the twice-born to hear it—attains gaṇapatya-status: the grace and lordship associated with Gaṇapati, as the fruit of devotion aligned with Śiva’s divine order.
Suta Goswami (narrating phala-śruti within the Purāṇic discourse)
FAQs
It functions as a phala-śruti: it declares that śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of a sacred stava—supporting Śiva’s dharma—yields tangible spiritual merit, reinforcing the Linga Purāṇa theme that devotion and right ritual orientation loosen pāśa (bondage) for the paśu (soul) by the favor of Pati (the Lord).
Indirectly, it presents Śiva-tattva as the sovereign order in which Gaṇapati’s grace operates: attaining “gāṇapatya” implies alignment with Śiva’s gaṇas and governance, showing that divine hierarchy and anugraha (grace) flow from the Lord’s transcendent authority.
The practice emphasized is śravaṇa and pāṭha of a stava, and śrāvaṇa-kriyā (making others hear it), a devotional discipline that supports mantra-bhakti and pūjā-vidhi within a Śaiva framework rather than a specific āsana-based yoga.