||श्रीगणेशस्तोत्र ||
 
             श्रीगणेशाय नमः | नारद उवाच |
         प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं गौरीपुत्रं विनायकम् |
         भक्तावासं स्मरेनित्यं आयुःकामार्थसिद्धये ||१||
         प्रथमं वक्रतुण्डं च एकदन्तं द्वितीयकम् |
         तृतीयं कृष्णपिङ्गाक्षं गजवक्त्रं चतुर्थकम् ||२||
         लम्बोदरं पञ्चमं च षष्ठं विकटमेव च |
         सप्तमं विघ्नराजेन्द्रं धूम्रवर्णं तथाष्टमम् ||३||
         नवमं भालचन्द्रं च दशमं तु विनायकम् |
         एकादशं गणपतिं द्वादशं तु गजाननम् ||४||
         द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिसंध्यं यः पठेन्नरः |
         न च विघ्नभयं तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरः प्रभुः ||५||
         विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां धनार्थी लभते धनम् |
         पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रान्मोक्षार्थी लभते गतिम् ||६||
         जपेद्गणपतिस्तोत्रं षड्भिर्मासैः फलं लभेत् |
         संवत्सरेण सिद्धिं च लभते नात्र संशयः ||७||
         अष्टेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च लिखित्वा यः समर्पयेत् |
         तस्य विद्या भवेत्सर्वा गणेशस्य प्रसादतः ||८||
||इति श्रीनारदपुराणे संकटनाशनं गणेशस्तोत्रं संपूर्णम् ||

Salutations to Lord Ganesha.
Narada said
Let him continuously worship in his mind the son of Gauri, VinAyaka
the refuge of his devotees, for attainment of longevity, desires and wealth
First, as the one with the twisted trunk;
Secondly, as the one with the single tusk.
Thirdly, as the one with dark brown eyes;
Fourthly, as the one with the elephant's mouth.
Fifthly, as the one with the belly like a pot;
Sixtly, as the grotesque one.
Seventhly, as the king of obstacles;
Eighthly, as the smoke-colored one.
Ninthly, as the moon-crested one;
Tenthly, as the remover of obstacles.
Eleventhly, as the lord of all,
Twelfthly, as the elephant-faced one.
Whoever repeats these twelve names at dawn, noon and sunset,
there is no fear of failure, nay, constant fortune.
He who desires wisdom, obtains wisdom; he who desires wealth, obtains wealth.
He who desires sons, obtains sons; he who desires liberation attains liberation.
Whoever chants this hymn to ganapati reaches him in six months,
and in one year he reaches perfection, there is no doubt about this.
Whoever makes copies of this and distributes them to eight Brahmana,
he reaches wisdom immediately, due to the grace of Ganesha.

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