Mudgalapurana 3.48: śukraśiṣyasubodhasaṃvādo nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa.

Śrī Śuka said:
Having heard the beneficial words of the Oṅkāra and the principal Vedas,
the gods, accompanied by the hosts of sages, as well as the Nāgas and others, rejoiced.

All of them, abandoning their respective opinions, bowing down to and worshipping them,
addressed the exalted ones, beginning with the Oṅkāra, with joined palms:

The gods and others said:
O Vedas accompanied by the Oṅkāra, the word spoken by you
is indeed universally respected, and it grants the attainment of the state of Brahman.

The Vedas are declared to be the teachers of all; whatever is spoken by them
is that which ought to be done, which grants the [supreme] destination and is agreed upon by all.

Whatever is devoid of the foundation of the Vedas must certainly be abandoned by all;
otherwise, a man falls into hell and experiences torment.

Indeed, along with the leaders of the gods, the sages, and the crowds of people,
you have certainly reached the further shore of the Brahmayajña.

Having spoken thus with special reverence, the exalted ones, the gods and others,
joyfully praised those principal Vedas, O Prahlāda.

Worshipped by them, the aforesaid Vedas accompanied by the Oṅkāra, O leader of the Daityas, / [

Section 3, Chapter 48, Page 105] then vanished from sight; and all [the gods], delighted, went to their respective abodes.

"Thus in ancient times, O virtuous one, the sacrifice to Brahman was performed by all. / Thereby free from doubt, they worship the leader of the Gaṇas."

"This supreme [teaching] which bestows complete yoga and peace has been told to you, / revered especially by all; worship that leader of the Gaṇas."

Subodha said: / Having spoken thus, Śuka, the great yogin, disappeared; / endowed with devotion, Prahlāda worshipped the leader of the Gaṇas.

All that was heard by me while staying in my mother's womb, / and was retained especially by me, bestowing yoga in this way.

By the power of past merits alone, my memory remained established in this. / Therefore, having been born, O Brahmins, I worship the leader of the Gaṇas.

All this which was asked has been spoken by me, O eminent teachers. / Therefore, filled with compassion, do not speak to me of delusion-bestowing lore.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Hearing Subodha's words, the Brahmins, filled with joy, / spoke to him who was skilled in yoga, they who knew intentions, for the sake of accomplishing their intent.

The Brahmins said: / O Subodha, what you have said is indeed so, it is not otherwise; / nevertheless, dear child, listen to what is most beneficial.

O highly fortunate one, your grandfather, the great asura of wicked intellect, / was killed in anger by Gaṇeśa, who took the side of the gods.

And your father hates that king of the Gaṇas, O lover of your father; / therefore, with respect [for your father], abandon that Vighneśa who injured your forebear.

Otherwise, your father will kill you, O son; there is no doubt. / Therefore, O greatly intelligent one, do not be exceedingly obstinate.

Look, your birth in the family of the asuras is beneficial to you; / always practice the path that belongs to your own family.

Hearing their words, Subodha, with red eyes, / spoke there to those twice-born words accompanied by dharma.

Subodha said: / Everywhere Gaṇeśa stands in the form of yoga, O twice-born ones; / he is the controller of each one's dharma, devoted to manifold sport.

By him the gods were placed in heaven, humans on earth, and the lords of the Daityas in the netherworld, / each on their own paths; they who desire their welfare should stay there.

And my grandfather, O Brahmins, ruled fiercely over the three worlds / devoid of dharma; therefore, he was forcefully killed by him.

My father too, O Brahmins, remains devoid of dharma; / Gaṇeśa will quickly kill him, there is no doubt in this.

Therefore, what perverse thing has been done by the king of the Gaṇas, O twice-born ones, / by he who holds one's own dharma dear? Tell me specifically.

He is the benefactor of all, the king of obstacles, without a doubt; / having abandoned my wicked father, I will diligently worship him.

When the wicked one kills me while I am worshipping Gaṇeśa, / that very death will be the most excellent, bestowing the state of Brahman.

When a mosquito is enraged, do wise men abandon their house / and stay away, all you Brahmins? Tell me right now!

The sovereignty of Gaṇeśa, the lord of intellect / and the lord of perfection, exists everywhere, there is no doubt; what can my father do to me?

For all beings, one's own dharma consists in the worship of Gaṇeśa, / for the sake of dharma, desire, wealth, and liberation, and exceedingly for the state of Brahman.

Having abandoned such dharma of my own, shall I become a lover of sensual pleasures, / subject to the asuras, O Brahmins who are the disgrace of your family?

Even you are not Brahmins, being devoted to sensual pleasures; / having abandoned dharma, you remain here subject to the Daityas, there is no doubt.

Those who are attached to the worship of Gaṇeśa and devoted to the state of Brahman / are considered Brahmins in the scripture; what are you telling me, you fools?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Having spoken thus to the disciples of Śukra, O ruler of subjects, the highly intelligent / Subodha became intent on the worship of the lord of the Gaṇas:

"Obeisance to Gaṇeśa, obeisance to the Great Soul, obeisance to the supreme lord, to you who are higher than the highest! / To Ḍhuṇḍhi, who consists of the beginningless, middleless, and endless, obeisance, obeisance, O lord of obstacles, giver of fine peace!"

Knowing him to be disputing thus, the disciples of Kāvya, / exceedingly terrified with fear, went to Jñānāri, O lord.

Om tat sat. Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter, named 'The Dialogue between the Disciples of Śukra and Subodha' in the Mahodara narrative, in the third section of the glorious and supreme Purāṇa-Upaniṣad, the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa.