Shiva and Parvati Worship Ganapati
Bala Kanda, Doha 100
Doha 100 · Movement 3 of 3
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At the sage's direction, Shambhu and Bhavani worship Ganapati before the wedding proceeds. Ordinary chronology cannot contain the beginningless gods.
The father worships the son who, within another view of the Leela, has not yet entered the household. No contradiction stains the rite because divine forms teach through sacred action rather than remain bound to human sequence.
Ganesha is honoured at the threshold so the worlds may learn to begin auspicious work in remembrance of the remover of obstacles. The divine family enacts the timeless order it gives to every household.
Before entering marriage, the eternal parents bow to the eternal child.
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Shambhu/Bhavani worshipping Ganapati by sages instruction
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 116, 117 · printed pages 114, 115. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-101. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- By sages' instruction Shiva and Bhavani worship Ganapati
- Source says let no one doubt; know gods beginningless, not literal infant birth or universal world-teaching/all-work rule
- Selected worship before hand-taking marriage; sages/others outside crop
Artistic choices
- Approved Shiva/young-adult Uma appearances and two-arm elephant-faced Ganapati adapted to small painted/gilded devotional icon, icon medium/material/color/form not prescribed by source or authenticated
- Joined palms toward icon and gently inclined heads, exact ages/faces/poses/robes/crowns/sacred decorative red brow/trunk marks/flowers/pedestal/terrace/bough/mountains imaginative conventional additions; no readable words/legends
- Prompt requested plain gold icon without markings; output painted gilded icon with decorative marks retained and accurately labelled, source worship action remains correct, no exact material claim
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
मुनि अनुसासन गनपतिहि पूजेउ संभु भवानि। कोउ सुनि संसय करै जनि सुर अनादि जियँ जानि।।100।।
By the sage's command, Shambhu and Bhavani worshipped Ganapati. Let no one harbour doubt on hearing this; know in your heart that the gods are beginningless, and they act only for the world's instruction.