!! Shri Ganesh Katha !!

Bahut prachin samay ki baat hai. Kailash Parvat par Bhagwan Shiv aur Mata Parvati nivaas karte the. Ek din Mata Parvati snaan karne ja rahi thi. Unhone apne sharir ke chandan ubtan se ek sundar balak ka nirmaan kiya. Apni divya shakti se usmein praan phoonk diye aur use apna putra bana liya.

Mata Parvati ne us balak ko aadesh diya ki vah dwar par pehra de aur unki anumati ke bina kisi ko bhi bheetar pravesh na karne de. Balak atyant aagyakaari, sahasi aur kartavyanishth tha. Vah Mata ke aadesh ka paalan karte hue dwar par khada ho gaya.

Kuch samay baad Bhagwan Shiv wahan aaye aur Mata Parvati ke kaksh mein pravesh karna chaha. Kintu dwar par khade balak ne unhe rok diya. Usne vinamrata se kaha ki Mata ki aagya ke bina kisi ko bhi andar jaane ki anumati nahi hai. Bhagwan Shiv ne use samjhane ka prayas kiya, parantu balak apne kartavya par adig raha. Isse Bhagwan Shiv krodhit ho gaye aur dono ke beech bheeshan yuddh chhid gaya. Antatah krodh mein aakar Bhagwan Shiv ne apne Trishul se us balak ka sir dhad se alag kar diya.

Jab Mata Parvati bahar aayi aur apne priya putra ki yah avastha dekhi, to ve atyant dukhi aur krodhit ho gayi. Unke krodh se samast Brahmand kaanp utha. Unhone srishti ke vinash ka sankalp kar liya.
Devtaon ne bhaybheet hokar Bhagwan Shiv se prarthana ki ki ve is sankat ka samadhan karein. Tab Bhagwan Shiv ne apne ganon ko aadesh diya ki ve Uttar disha ki or mukh kiye hue pratham prani ka sir lekar aayein.

Ganon ko maarg mein ek hathi mila. Ve uska sir lekar Bhagwan Shiv ke paas pahunche. Bhagwan Shiv ne us hathi ke sir ko balak ke dhad se jod diya aur apni divya shakti se use punah jeevit kar diya.
Is prakar vah balak punarjivit hokar Bhagwan Shri Ganesh ke naam se prasiddh hue. Bhagwan Shiv aur Mata Parvati ne unhe apne putra ke roop mein sweekar kiya aur apaar aashirvad pradan kiya.

Tab Bhagwan Shiv ne Shri Ganesh Ji ko yah mahan varadan diya —
"He Putra! Tum sabhi devtaon mein Pratham Poojya kehlaoge. Sansar mein koi bhi shubh karya, yagya, pooja, vivah ya mangalik karya tumhari pooja ke bina poorn nahi maana jayega."
Tabhi se Bhagwan Shri Ganesh ko Vighnaharta, Siddhivinayak aur Pratham Poojya Dev ke roop mein pooja jaata hai. Aaj bhi kisi bhi shubh karya ka aarambh Bhagwan Ganesh ki vandana aur pooja se hi kiya jaata hai, jisse sabhi karya safaltapoorvak sampann hon aur jeevan ke vighn door hon.