Varaha Purana 23.32: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 32
The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day
Pūrva Bhāga · Stotra / Vighna-nivāraṇa (Protective Invocation)
नमोऽस्तु ते विघ्नकर्त्रे नमस्ते सर्पमेखल । नमस्ते रुद्रवक्त्रोत्थ प्रलम्बजठराश्रित ॥ २३.३२ ॥
namo 'stu te vighnakartre namas te sarpa-mekhala | namas te rudra-vaktrottha pralamba-jaṭharāśrita || 23.32 ||
namo.astu te vighnakartre namaste sarpamekhala | namaste rudravaktrottha pralambajaTharAshrita || 23.32 ||
तू रास्ते के रुकावटों को दूर करता है, तुझे प्रणाम। तेरी कमर पे साँप है, तुझे प्रणाम। तू रुद्र के मुँह से पैदा हुआ, तुझे प्रणाम। तू प्रलम्ब के पेट में रहता है, तुझे प्रणाम।
Sandhi Notes
- नमोऽस्तु = नमः + अस्तु
- नमस्ते = नमः + ते. समास-रूपेण: सर्पमेखल, रुद्रवक्त्रोत्थ, प्रलम्बजठराश्रित
Varāha
Vighna (obstruction) is addressed through reverential alignment with the cosmic order embodied by the Gaṇa-nāyaka.
Begin rites/recitation with namaskāra to the vighna-controller to stabilize intention and remove impediments.
A stotra-style protective invocation (namaskāra) to the Vighnakartṛ/hartr (Gaṇeśa) is presented as auspicious preliminaries to rites.
Implicit: proper invocation averts ritual impediments; neglect invites vighna (obstruction) in undertakings.
Varāha Purāṇa 23.23.33-36 (consecration, caturthī, tilāhāra, phala of recitation/listening)
FAQs
It preserves a compact stotra-style formula typical of Purāṇic transmission, using dense epithets to identify a figure through iconographic and mythic markers (e.g., serpent-girdle, origin narrative).
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily an invocation using mythic identifiers rather than a tīrtha or landscape reference.
The verse models a philosophical-ritual posture of humility and attentiveness: acknowledging forces associated with obstacles and seeking auspicious passage through respectful address.
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