Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c9.2

v1.c9.2

From this it is clear that upon Vighnēśvara were laid the duties of hindering and also of facilitating all acts of virtue, according to the motives with which their performance was undertaken. Various other accounts of the origin of Vighnēśvara are also found in the *Purāṇas*. The *Śiva-purāṇa* gives the following account of the birth of Vighnēśvara :—