Shloka 28

Devas Praise Śiva; Gaṇeśa Manifests as Vighneśvara and Receives the Primacy of Worship

Devanagari script

ससर्ज च तदा विघ्नगणं गणपतिः प्रभुः गणैः सार्धं नमस्कृत्वाप्य् अतिष्ठत्तस्य चाग्रतः

Transliteration

sasarja ca tadā vighnagaṇaṃ gaṇapatiḥ prabhuḥ gaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ namaskṛtvāpy atiṣṭhattasya cāgrataḥ

Translation

ਤਦ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਗਣਪਤੀ ਨੇ ਵਿਘਨ-ਗਣ ਦੀ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਕੀਤੀ; ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਗਣਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ ਕਰਕੇ, ਉਸ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਤਿਆਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• ससर्ज: created, brought forth

• च: and

• तदा: then

• विघ्न-गणम्: the multitude/host connected with obstacles (vighna-gana)

• गणपतिः: Gaṇapati (Lord of the gaṇas)

• प्रभुः: the Lord, sovereign

• गणैः: with the gaṇas/attendants

• सार्धम्: together with

• नमस्कृत्वा: having bowed, having paid homage

• अपि: also/indeed

• अतिष्ठत्: stood, remained stationed

• तस्य: of him/of Him

• च: and

• अग्रतः: in front, before

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; internal scene describing Gaṇapati before Lord Śiva)