Nārada said:
1. Then along with the goddess the Lord entered the abode that had been directly built by Īśāna and was matchlessly divine. It was splendid and was set with all sorts of gems and jewels.
2. There, the destroyer of the vision of Bhaga[1] sported with the goddess on the Mandara mountain, in the palace and in the park. He was delighted in his mind.
3. In the meantime Devas had been excessively harassed by Tāraka, urged to a great extent by me who was desirous of bringing about a quarrel.
4-6. They came to Lord Bhava and eulogized him with many hymns. In the meantime the goddess cleansed her person and applied perfumes and unguents over her body. With the dirt of the cleansing therefrom she created a human body with elephantine face.[2] On being moved with compassion by the holy eulogies of Devas the goddess spoke to him addressing “O son” with delighted mind. In the meantime Śarva came there and spoke these words:
7-10. “O daughter of the Mountain, listen; of what nature would he be? By means of his exploits, prowess and compassion he will be on a par with me. Your son will be just like me in qualities. Those sinners of evil conduct who hate the Vedas and Virtue (Dharma) will be harassed by him with obstacles throughout their lives till death. Those who do not honour me or Viṣṇu, the preceptor of the universe, will be hindered by Vighnarāja (Gaṇapati). They will enter great darkness. There will be perpetual quarrel in their houses. It will never subside.
11-14. By the obstacles caused by your son, everything connected with them will perish to the very root.
He will cause obstacles to those by whom persons worthy of adoration are not respected duly, those who are excessively prone to anger and untruth and those who are terribly venturesome.
He will remove the obstacles of those persons who abide by the Dharma of Śrutis (i.e. holy rites laid down in the Śrutis) and those who keep up the customs and conventions of their kinsmen and society, those who are merciful and those who are devoid of anger.
O splendid lady, without his worship all pious deeds and holy rites of various kinds will be hindered and obstructed.”
On hearing this Umā said to Śaṅkara, “Let it be so.”
15. His body increased in size and he brightened the quarters. Thereupon, Śarva gave him to Suras along with Gaṇas (saying), “This is your Lord till the advent of the slayer of Tāraka.”
16. Since then, Vighnapati (‘Lord of obstacles’), the destroyer of the agony of those who bow down, was eulogized by Devas. He made their activities obstacle-free and put obstacles in the activities of Daityas.
Source
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