Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 33
दक्षयज्ञदर्शनम् — The Vision of Dakṣa’s Great Sacrifice
and the Onset of Vīrabhadra’s Terror
यत्रतत्र गणेशानां जज्ञिरे समरोचिताः । विवृत्तनयनाः केचिद्दष्टदंष्ट्रोष्ठतालवः
yatratatra gaṇeśānāṃ jajñire samarocitāḥ | vivṛttanayanāḥ keciddaṣṭadaṃṣṭroṣṭhatālavaḥ
येथे तेथे युद्धासाठी सज्ज असलेल्या गणेशांचे समूह प्रकट झाले. काहींचे डोळे फिरत होते, तर काहींचे दात, ओठ आणि टाळू क्रोधाने विकृत झाले होते.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
Sthala Purana: Gaṇa-sṛṣṭi within the Dakṣa-yajña destruction: ‘gaṇeśāḥ’ (lords among gaṇas) manifest spontaneously ‘here and there’ as Śiva’s punitive host multiplies.
Significance: Teaches Śiva’s omnipresent agency: when dharma is violated, corrective forces arise unexpectedly; for devotees, it affirms protection (rakṣaṇa) through Śiva’s retinue.
FAQs
It portrays the irresistible emergence of divine forces aligned with Pati (Śiva): when dharma requires protection, Shiva’s gaṇas manifest spontaneously, showing that grace and guardianship arise from the Lord’s will beyond human limitation.
The fierce, describable forms of the gaṇas emphasize Saguna Shiva’s accessible power—his tangible guardianship for devotees—while implying that these forms proceed from the deeper, transcendent Lord who is ultimately beyond form.
A practical takeaway is protective japa of the Panchakshara mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Shaiva discipline—Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha—cultivating inner steadiness when confronting fear and conflict.