Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 69
गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship
प्रशंसंतश्शिवा तत्र गणेशं च पुनः पुनः । शिवं चैव तथा स्तुत्वा कीदृशं युद्धमेव च
praśaṃsaṃtaśśivā tatra gaṇeśaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ | śivaṃ caiva tathā stutvā kīdṛśaṃ yuddhameva ca
तेथे शिवाचे गण वारंवार गणेशाची प्रशंसा करीत होते. त्यांनी भगवान शिवाचीही स्तुती केली आणि ते युद्ध खरे तर कसे होते हेही सांगितले.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse highlights stuti (praise) and remembrance of Śiva and his divine retinue as a bhakti-based response to intense events, implying that devotion steadies the mind and aligns the devotee with Śiva’s grace even amid conflict.
By praising Śiva and Gaṇeśa in a concrete narrative setting, the text emphasizes Saguna-upāsanā—devotion to Śiva as the personal Lord who is praised, invoked, and approached through names, forms, and stotras, which in practice includes Liṅga worship as Śiva’s accessible sacred form.
A practical takeaway is nāma-japa and stotra-pāṭha—repeating Śiva’s names (such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and offering verbal praise—especially during stressful or turbulent moments.