Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 23
गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship
एतत्पूजां पुरा कृत्वा पश्चात्पूज्या वयं नरैः । वयं च पूजितास्सर्वे नायं चापूजितो यदा
etatpūjāṃ purā kṛtvā paścātpūjyā vayaṃ naraiḥ | vayaṃ ca pūjitāssarve nāyaṃ cāpūjito yadā
ముందుగా ఇతని పూజను చేసి, ఆ తరువాతనే మనుష్యులు మమ్మల్ని పూజించాలి. మేమందరం పూజింపబడినప్పుడు, ఇతడు ఎప్పుడూ అపూజితుడిగా ఉండకూడదు.
Sanatkumara (as narrator/instructor within the Kumārakhaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva principle of primacy: all divine honours become complete only when Lord Shiva (Pati, the supreme Lord) is worshipped first; otherwise worship remains spiritually incomplete.
It supports beginning worship with Shiva—commonly through the Śiva-liṅga—so that subsequent worship of other revered beings proceeds in right order, rooted in devotion to the supreme Lord.
Begin the day’s pūjā with Śiva-pūjā—offer water and bilva, apply bhasma (tripuṇḍra), and repeat the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” before other devotions.