The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Ganapati which is chapter 230 of the English translation of the Skanda Purana, the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, preserving the ancient Indian society and Hindu traditions in an encyclopedic format, detailling on topics such as dharma (virtous lifestyle), cosmogony (creation of the universe), mythology (itihasa), genealogy (vamsha) etc. This is the two hundred thirtieth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 230 - Greatness of Gaṇapati
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of the deity, my dear Gaṇapati. It is situated there itself. He was appointed there guarding the holy spot, O goddess, on the south of Gaṅgā. The devotee should worship the deity on the fourteenth lunar day in the dark half of the month of Māgha with the divine food offerings of Modakas (sweetmeats), flowers, incense etc. in due order. As long as he stays in the holy spot, he will never meet with any obstacle.