shrignesh ek parichay adi dev gajanan ko kisi parichay ki avashyakta nahin, yantra yatra-tantra unki puja-archana hoti hai. buddhi ve vidya ke data ganesh ji ka parichay dena surya ko dip jalane ke saman hai, yahan prastut hai unhen janne ka ek laghu prayaskri ganesh parmatma ka vighnanashak svarup hai.
taintis karor devtaon men shrignesh ka mahatva sabse vilakshan hai. atah pratyek karya ke aranbh men, kisi bhi devta ki aradhna ke purva, kisi bhi satkarmanushthan men, kisi bhi utkrisht se utkrisht evan sadharan se sadharan laukik karya men bhi bhagvan ganesh ka smaran, archan evan vandan kiya jata hai. ganesh shabd ki vyutpatti hai. ‘gananan jivjatanan yah ishah svami sah ganeshah arthat, jo samast jiv jati ke ish-svami hain vah ganesh hain. inki puja se sabhi vighn nasht hote hain.
‘ganeshan pujyedyastu vighnastasya n jayte’. (padm puran, srishti khand 51/66) puranon men ganesh ji ke janm se sanbandhit kathaen vibhinn rupon men prapt hoti hain. is sanbandh men shivpuran, brahmavaivatrtapuran, ling puran, skand puran, padm puran, ganesh puran, mudgal puran evan anya granthon men vistrit vivaran prapt hota hai.
kathaan e m ne bhinnata hane e k e bad bhi inka shiv-parvati ke madhyam se avtar lena siddh hai. kuch log vedon evan puranon ke vivaran ko n samajh pane ke karan yah shanka karte hain ki ganashe a ji ta e bhagvan shiv k e patru h.nai fir apne vivah men shiv-parvati ne unka pujan kaise kiya. is shanka ka samadhan gosvami tulsidas nimnalikhit dohe men karte hain. muni anushasan ganpti hi pujehu shanbhu bhavani. kou suni sanshay karai jani sur anadi jiya jani.. arthat, vivah ke samay brahmavetta muniyon ke nirdesh par shiv-parvati ne ganpti ki puja sanpann ki. koi vyakti sanshay n kare kyonki devta (ganpti) anadi hote hain.
tatparya yah hai ki bhagvan ganpti kisi ke putra nahin hain. ve aj anadi v anant hain. jo bhagvan shiv ke putra ganesh hue ve to un ganpti ke avtar hain jinka ullekh vedon men paya jata hai. ganesh ji vaidik devta hain. parantu inka nam vedon men ganesh n hokar ‘ganpti’ ya ‘brahmanaspati’ hai. jo vedon men brahmanaspati ke nam se anek sutron men abhihit hain unhin devta ka nam puranon men ganesh hai.
rigved evan yajurved ke mantron ke ganesh ji ke uparyukt nam dekhe ja sakte hain. pauranik vivaran ke anusar bhagvan shiv ne mahagnpti ki aradhna ki aur unse vardan prapt kiya ki ap mere putra ke rup men avtar len. islie bhagvan mahagan apti ganesh ke rup men shiv-parvati ke putra hokar avtrit hue.
atah yah shanka nirmul hai ki shiv vivah men ganpti pujan kaise hua. jis prakar bhagvan vishnu anadi hain evan ram, krishn, vaman adi anek avtar hain usi prakar ganesh ji bhi mahagan apti ke avtar hain. ganesh ji ki upasna tantra shastra ke acharyon ne sabhi mangal karyon ke praranbh men ganpti pujan ka nirdesh diya hai.
mahanirvan tantra ke dasham ullas men guru diksha ke avasar par ganpti pujan ka vidhan prastut kiya gaya hai. tantra ke suprasiddh granth sharda tilak ke trayodash patal men ganpti ke vibhinn svarupon evan puja paddhati ka vistrit vivaran prapt hota hai. pujan men tulsi patra ka nishedh kiya gaya hai. kintu narad puran men ganesh ji ke ‘shurpakarna’ svarup evan vrat ke prasiddh granth vratraj men gajavatra svarup ke pujan men tulsi patra arpit karne ka ullekh hai.
ganesh ji ke upaskon hetu vibhinn vraton ka vidhan ka vratraj granth men varnan hai. ikkis divsiya ganpti vrat, ganpti parthiv pujan vrat aur inke atirikt barah mahinon ki chaturthi tithiyon ke vraton ka alg-alag vidhan uparyukt granth men varnit hai. ganesh puran ke krira khand men yug-bhed se ganesh ji ke char rupon ki vyakhya karke unke char bhinn vahan batae gae hain.
satyug men ganesh ji ka vahan sinh hai, ve das bhuja vale hanai aur unka nam vinayak hai. treta yug men vahan mor hai, chah bhujaen hanai aur nam myureshvar hai. dvapar men vahan chuha (mushk) hai, bhujaen char hain aur nam gajanan hai. kaliyug men do bhujaen hain vahan ghora hai aur nam dhumraketu hai.
in charon rupon ki upasna vidhi v lila charitra ka vivaran ganesh puran men prapt hota hai. vartaman men ganesh ji ka sarvaprasiddh vahan mushak (chuha) mana jata hai. vibhinn mantron ke dhyan men inke mushak vahan ka hi sanket paya jata hai. brahmavaivart puran ke anusar ganesh ji ko mushak vahan ki prapti bhagvti vasundhra (prithvi) se hui thi. vasundhara dadau tasyai vahnay ch mushakam (brahmavaivart puran ganpti khand 13/12). bhagvan ganesh ki upasna anek prakar se hoti hai.
upasya ganeshmurti ke prakar evan archana ka vidhan bhi alg-alag hota hai. do se atharah bhuja evan ek mukhi se dashmukhi murtiyon ka pujan hota hai aur inse sanbandhit mantra, kavach, yantra, stotra adi ka vidhan tantra shastra ke manya granthon mantra maharnav, mantramhoddhi, sharda tilak, tantra sar adi men vistar se paya jata hai. vishisht vastuon ke pujan bhed se ganesh ji ke anek rup prasiddh hain jaise haridra ganesh, durva ganesh, shami ganesh, gomed ganesh adi.
kamna bhed se bhi inke bhinn rupon ki upasna ki jati hai jaise santan prapti hetu santan ganpti, vidya prapti hetu vidya ganpti adi. samanya upasak apni dainik upasna men ganesh ji ke prasiddh dvadash nam stotra, sankat nashak stotra, ganpti atharvashirsh, ganesh kavach, shatnamastotra adi ka suvidhanusar path karke inka ashirvad prapt kar sakte hain.
vishisht upasna ke antargat ganpti atharvashirsh se inka abhishek kiya jata hai. ganesh puran evan rudrayamal tantra men varnit sahasra namastotra ki namavli ke dvara durva se inka archan kiya jata hai. ganpti yog bhi vaidik paddhati ke dva ara sanpann karaya jata hai. ganpti pujan men mukhyatah durva, shami ke patte aur modak (laddu) arpit kie jate hain.
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