Shloka 28 - Adhyaya 10 - Kedara Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | French | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

लोमश उवाच । साक्षात्प्रकृत्याः संभूतो गणेशो भगवानभूत् । यथारूपः शिवः साक्षात्तद्रूपो हि गणेश्वरः

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca | sākṣātprakṛtyāḥ saṃbhūto gaṇeśo bhagavānabhūt | yathārūpaḥ śivaḥ sākṣāttadrūpo hi gaṇeśvaraḥ

Translation

Lomaśa dit : « Gaṇeśa naquit directement de la Prakṛti et devint Bhagavān. En vérité, telle est la forme même de Śiva, telle est aussi la forme de Gaṇeśvara. »

Word by Word

लोमशःLomaśa

उवाचsaid

साक्षात्directly, manifestly

प्रकृत्याःfrom Prakṛti (Nature)

सम्भूतःborn, arisen

गणेशःGaṇeśa

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

अभूत्became

यथारूपःof such a form (as)

शिवःŚiva

साक्षात्directly, in person

तद्रूपःof that very form

हिindeed

गणेश्वरःLord of the Gaṇas (Gaṇeśvara)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomaśa, as narrator, proclaims Gaṇeśa’s direct emergence from Prakṛti and his identity in form with Śiva—an iconographic tableau blending Śiva’s attributes with Gaṇeśa’s presence, suggesting non-duality of divine forms.

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Prakṛti

Gaṇeśa

Śiva

Gaṇeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa’s divinity is affirmed: though manifesting from Prakṛti, he is Bhagavān and shares Śiva’s essential nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred geography, supporting the śaiva greatness of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a theological clarification of Gaṇeśa’s status.