Varaha Purana 23.27: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 27
The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day
विनायको विघ्नकरो गजास्यो गणेशनामा च भवस्य पुत्रः । एते च सर्वे तव यान्तु भृत्या विनायकाः क्रूरदृष्टिः प्रचण्डाः । उच्छुष्मदानादिविवृद्धदेहाः कार्येषु सिद्धिं प्रतिपादयन्तः ॥ २३.२७ ॥
vināyako vighnakaro gajāsyo gaṇeśanāmā ca bhavasya putraḥ | ete ca sarve tava yāntu bhṛtyā vināyakāḥ krūradṛṣṭiḥ pracaṇḍāḥ | ucchuṣmadānādivivṛddhadehāḥ kāryeṣu siddhiṁ pratipādayantaḥ || 23.27 ||
यह विनायक है, जो रास्ते में रुकावटें डालता है। इसका चेहरा हाथी जैसा है, इसका नाम गणेश है, और यह शिव का बेटा है। तुम्हारे सारे सेवक, यह विनायक, तुम्हारे काम में लग जाएंगे। इनकी नज़र बड़ी तेज़ है, और यह बड़े ताकतवर हैं। इनका बदन बड़ा हो गया है तपस्या और दान से। यह तुम्हारे काम में सफल कर देंगे।
Varāha (default speaker within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework; not explicitly marked in the excerpt)
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The verse reflects Purāṇic-era cataloging of protective or ambivalent guardian figures (Vināyakas) and embeds Gaṇeśa within a broader taxonomy, indicating the integration of mythic genealogy (as Bhava/Śiva’s son) into ritualized language for securing success in undertakings.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily mythological and ritual-taxonomic rather than topographical.
Rather than an ethical injunction, the verse conveys an apotropaic and pragmatic instruction: to invoke or direct guardian-attendants associated with removing/controlling obstacles so that human undertakings may reach successful completion.
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