Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata
श्रीसनत्कुमार उवाच । अथ वक्ष्ये गणेशस्य मंत्रान्सर्वेष्टदायकान् । यान्समाराध्य विप्रेंद्र साधको भुक्तिमुक्तिमान् ॥ १ ॥
śrīsanatkumāra uvāca | atha vakṣye gaṇeśasya maṃtrānsarveṣṭadāyakān | yānsamārādhya vipreṃdra sādhako bhuktimuktimān || 1 ||
Śrī Sanatkumāra nói: Nay ta sẽ tuyên thuyết các thần chú của Gaṇeśa, những thần chú ban cho mọi điều mong cầu. Hỡi bậc tối thắng trong hàng Bà-la-môn, nhờ chí thành phụng thờ, người hành trì đạt cả phúc lạc thế gian lẫn giải thoát.
Sanatkumara
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It frames Gaṇeśa-mantra practice as a complete sādhanā capable of yielding both legitimate worldly fulfillment (bhukti) and the highest goal (mukti), establishing the scope and intention of the chapter’s teaching.
By emphasizing “samārādhya” (proper propitiation), the verse points to devoted, disciplined worship as the effective means—devotion expressed through mantra-upāsanā that ripens into grace and attainment.
The verse signals a technical, practice-oriented treatment of mantra (mantra-vidyā)—how specific mantras are to be used in sādhanā for defined results, aligning with the Third Pada’s focus on applied sacred sciences.