गणेश जन्म कथा

Kailash parvat par Bhagwan Shiv aur Mata Parvati ka nivaas tha. Ek baar Bhagwan Shiv lambi tapasya ke liye chale gaye. Mata Parvati Kailash par akeli reh gayin. Unke paas koi sevak nahi tha jo keval unki aagya ka paalan kare. Nandi aur anya gan Shiv ji ke bhakt the aur unki aagya maante the.

Ek din Mata Parvati snaan karne ja rahi thin. Unhone Nandi se kaha ki dwaar par pehra do aur kisi ko bheetar mat aane do. Parantu jab Bhagwan Shiv aaye to Nandi unhe rok nahi paye kyonki ve Shiv ji ke sabse priya gan the. Bhagwan Shiv bina anumati ke andar aa gaye. Is ghatna se Mata Parvati bahut lajjit aur dukhi huin.

Parvati ji ne nishchay kiya ki ve apna ek aisa gan banayengi jo keval unki aagya maane. Unhone apne shareer ke ubtan (chandan aur haldi ke lep) se ek atyant sundar balak ki murti banai. Phir unhone apne divya tap ke bal se us murti mein praan daal diye. Woh balak jeevit ho utha. Parvati ne use gale lagaya aur kaha ki tum mere putra ho aur mere sabse vishwasniya rakshak ho.

Mata Parvati ne us balak ko dwaar par bithaakar kaha ki main snaan karne ja rahi hoon, kisi ko bhi andar mat aane dena. Balak ne mata ki aagya shirodhaary ki aur dwaar par datkar baith gaya. Kuch samay baad Bhagwan Shiv tapasya se laute aur Kailash mein pravesh karna chaaha. Dwaar par ek aparichit balak ko dekhkar unhe aashcharya hua.

Shiv ji ne kaha ki main is sthaan ka swami hoon, mujhe jaane do. Parantu balak ne dridhta se kaha ki Mata ne kisi ko bhi andar nahi aane diya hai, aap bhi nahi ja sakte. Shiv ji ke ganon ne balak ko samjhaane ka prayas kiya, phir bal prayog kiya, parantu woh balak akele hi sabko hara deta. Shiv ji ke krodh ki seema na rahi aur unhone apne trishool se balak ka sir kaat diya.

Jab Mata Parvati ko yeh samaachaar mila to ve atyant krodhit aur shokakul ho gayin. Unke krodh se sampoorn srishti kaanpne lagi. Unhone pralay karne ki dhamki di. Devta, rishi-muni sabhi bhaybheet ho gaye. Brahma ji aur Vishnu ji ne Parvati ko shaant karne ka prayas kiya aur Shiv ji se nivedan kiya ki balak ko punarjeevit karein.

Bhagwan Shiv ne apne ganon ko aadesh diya ki uttar disha mein jao aur jo bhi praani sabse pehle mile uska sir lekar aao. Gan uttar disha mein gaye aur unhe sabse pehle ek hathi ka bachcha mila jo apni mata ki or peeth karke so raha tha. Ganon ne us hathi ke bachche ka sir kaatkar laaya. Bhagwan Shiv ne us gaj ke mastak ko balak ke dhad par lagakar use punarjeevit kar diya.

Shiv ji ne us balak ko apne hriday se lagaya aur use apna putra sweekaar kiya. Unhone ghoshna ki ki yeh balak sabhi ganon ka adhyaksh hoga, isliye iska naam "Ganesh" hoga. Saath hi Shiv ji ne vardaan diya ki kisi bhi shubh karya mein Ganesh ki puja sabse pehle hogi — jo Ganesh ki puja kiye bina koi karya aarambh karega, uska karya siddh nahi hoga. Tabhi se Ganesh ji ko "Pratham Pujya" aur "Vighnharta" kaha jata hai.

Mata Parvati prasann huin aur sabhi devtaon ne Ganesh ji ko aashirvaad diya. Brahma ji ne buddhi aur vidya ka vardaan diya, Vishnu ji ne raksha ka aashwaasan diya. Is prakar Ganesh ji — Gajanan, Lambodar, Vighnharta — sabhi devtaon mein Pratham Pujya bane. Unki kripa se sabhi vighn door hote hain aur shubh karya safal hote hain.