Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 72
The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
सुप्रभं च सुकर्माणं ददौ धाता गणेश्वरौ सुव्रतं सत्यसन्धं च मित्रः प्रदाद द्विजोत्तम
suprabhaṃ ca sukarmāṇaṃ dadau dhātā gaṇeśvarau suvrataṃ satyasandhaṃ ca mitraḥ pradāda dvijottama
ທາຕາ ໄດ້ປະທານ ຄະເນສະວະຣະ ສອງອົງ ຄື ສຸປຣະພະ ແລະ ສຸກັມມາ. ແລ້ວ ມິຕຣະ ໄດ້ປະທານ (ອີກສອງ) ຄື ສຸວຣະຕະ ແລະ ສັດຕະຍະສັນທະ, ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ.
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FAQs
Not necessarily. In many Purāṇic passages, gaṇeśvara means “a chief of a troop (gaṇa),” i.e., a commander among attendants. The elephant-headed Gaṇeśa is also called Gaṇeśvara, but the context here is a roster of multiple gaṇeśvaras, indicating a rank/title rather than the single well-known deity.
Purāṇic war-myths often depict a pan-deity alliance. Ādityas embody cosmic order (ṛta/dharma); their contribution of attendants with names like Suvrata and Satyasandha symbolically frames the campaign as enforcement of vows, truth, and right order.
It signals a didactic frame: the speaker is instructing a Brahmin sage or learned listener. This is typical of Purāṇic transmission, where mythic catalogues are embedded in dialogue and presented as authoritative recitation.