Mudgalapurana 5.45: śravaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa!

Dakṣa said:
O Brahman, declare the pin of Gaṇeśa that grants all ends,
and especially grants accomplishment through mantras and the like, by virtue of its fullness of being.

Mudgala said:
Mantras devoid of the pin do not grant happiness at all.
Having recited the pin first in this way, one should perform the repetition [of the mantra].

Then mantras are endowed with potency and become grantors of various accomplishments;
there is no doubt about this. I shall tell it as I heard it.

Listen, O honor-giver, to the most secret and supreme pin of Gaṇeśa,
which grants accomplishment, as was instructed to me by Aṅgiras:

Of this glorious pin of Gaṇeśa:
Śiva is the seer;
the meter is Anuṣṭubh;
the deity is the glorious Gaṇapati;
"Oṃ gaṃ yogāya svāhā";
"Oṃ gaṃ" is the seed-syllable;
the ritual application in repetition is for the pleasure of Gaṇapati, who has the power of knowledge and ignorance.
O Dakṣa, the wise person should first perform the installations of the meter, the seer, and the rest, and then the other [installations];
he should perform the six-limb installation of the single-syllable mantra itself.

Then he should meditate upon Gaṇeśa, supreme, bearing the form of light,
beyond mind and speech, and adorned with four arms,

whose face has the trunk as a staff, complete, whom it is not possible to see,
accompanied by knowledge and ignorance, attended upon by superhuman powers.

Having thus meditated upon the lord Gaṇeśa, O Dakṣa, one should worship him individually with mental offerings,
with the five articles of worship, and then perform the repetition.

O Prajāpati, one should perform the repetition twenty-one times.
Then, having recited the hymn of praise, one should perform everything afterwards:

"Grant form, strength, prosperity, fame, and potency, O Gajānana!
Grant intelligence, wisdom, and renown! O Vighnarāja, homage to you!

When all the gods and others were thwarted by the leaders of the Daityas,
then you, having slain them, made them endowed with potency.

Likewise, O Lord of Gaṇas, when mantras were thwarted by wicked-souled beings
and by curses, make them endowed with potency! Homage, homage to you!

When all the powers were thwarted, O Lord, by remembering you
they were made endowed with knowledge and potency. O Vighneśa, homage to you!

When all the moving and unmoving world becomes devoid of existence,
by remembering you, O Ḍhuṇḍhi, it is made endowed with existence by you.

When the principles of reality became devoid of potency, O Vighnapa,
by remembrance of you they became endowed with potency again. Homage to you!

When the Brahmans became devoid of yoga, O Lord of Gaṇas,
by remembering you they were again endowed with yoga. Homage to you!

All such various things, O Lord, by remembering you
truly became endowed with existence. Homage, homage to Vighneśa!

Likewise, O Lord of Gaṇas, mantras became devoid of potency;
by remembrance of you, O Ḍhuṇḍhi, make them endowed with potency again!

May all mantra-worship and the like, O Lord, become endowed with existence
by my name for you! Homage to you, O Vakratuṇḍa!

Unpin the great mantras through repetition and recitation of the hymn of praise!
May the mantras become grantors of all accomplishments by your grace!

Homage to you, O Gaṇeśa, to Heramba, to the single-tusked one;
homage to you, the dweller in Svānanda, to Brahmaṇaspati!"

This pin of Gaṇeśa has been told to you, O Prajāpati,
which was spoken by Śiva and is the supreme unpinner of mantras.

He who recites it with devotion after repeating your supreme mantra
attains all accomplishment arising from various mantras.

He who abandons this and continuously repeats the mantra of Gaṇeśa
becomes devoid of all fruit; of this there is no doubt.

This pin has been declared as granting all accomplishments, supremely wondrous.
In ancient times, Śambhu himself obtained the accomplishment born of mantras through this.

Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and the other gods, sages, and supreme yogins
obtained mantra-accomplishment through this, O Prajāpati.

Aila, having first employed this pin and being devoted to the mantra,
went to the city of Svānanda and indeed became the king of devotees.

Together with his wife, having surveyed the universe with his gross body,
he truly assumed the form of light simply by the vision of Gaṇeśa.

Dakṣa said:
How did Aila, situated in a gross body, see the universe
accompanied by gods and others? Tell me that, for it is my curiosity.

How did he, an accumulation of merit himself in visible form, O wise one,
also see the hells and other realms that are fit to be seen only by sinners?

Mudgala said:
Situated in an aerial chariot, the king himself saw them by the grace of Gaṇeśa's attendants,
and though situated in a gross [body], O Lord, [he saw] Śiva, Viṣṇu, and the others.

Those who are situated in the aerial chariot destined for Svānanda,
all easily see auspicious and inauspicious things through their yogic nature, O Dakṣa.

All this auspicious account of Aila has been told to you;
that mortal who hears it will certainly attain worldly enjoyment and liberation.

That best of men who hears this section of Lambodara,
who recites it, or causes it to be heard, himself becomes Brahman.

Nothing is considered equal to this in granting enjoyment and liberation,
wherein Lambodara, who has the form of yoga, is praised, O fortunate one!

Whatever fruit one obtains by listening to the various Śrutis and Smṛtis,
that indeed occurs here by listening to this single section.

One obtains a hundred times more merit than those who give various gifts
and take baths in holy waters, merely by resorting to this [section].

Whatever vows and sacrifices a human being performs, O Lord,
he obtains a hundred times more than that by the mere hearing of this.

Whatever various austerities a man performs repeatedly,
he obtains boundless merit by the mere hearing of this.

Endowed with sons, grandsons, and the like, and fortunate with wealth, grain, and more,
a man immediately becomes [blessed] by hearing it; there is no doubt about this.

Whatever he desires, that indeed becomes fruitful in an instant
by the hearing of this section, O lord of subjects; there is no doubt.

What is the use of speaking much here? Bestowing direct yoga, supreme, / granting all perfections, this section has been told to you, O Prajāpati.

This deed of Lambodara, which grants all accomplishments,
has been told to you in brief. What more do you wish to hear?

Sūta said:
As it was revealed to Dakṣa by Mudgala, O best of the Brahmins,
so it has also been recounted by me before you, O foremost of the Bhārgavas.

The story of Lambodara has been heard by Śaunaka and the others. / Blessed am I through my connection with you, devoted to the deeds of Gaṇeśa.

Śiva and the others, the Vedas and the others, and the foremost ones such as Śeṣa / were not at all able to describe [it] in full; who am I in comparison to them?

Just as the entire story was formerly told by Vyāsa, / exactly so has it been told, O Brahmin. What more do you wish to hear?

Om tat sat. Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of Hearing [the Purāṇa],' in the story of Lambodara, in the fifth section of the venerable Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, the ultimate Purāṇic Upaniṣad.

May this be an offering to the venerable Gajānana.

Thus ends the fifth section in the venerable Mudgalapurāṇa.