The Ganesa Purana: Sanskrit text and Hindi Translation and Appendices Sanskrit and Hindi
- 1 st ed
- Varanasi Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office 2014
- 1157
- Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series-152 .
The Ganesa Purana is divided into two sections. The Upasanakhanda (upāsanākhaṇḍa) or "section on devotion" has 92 chapters, and the Kridakhanda (krīḍākhaṇḍa) or "section on the divine play (of Gaṇeśa)" has 155 chapters. The Kridakhanda is also called the Uttarakhanda (uttarakhaṇḍa) in the colophons. Chapter 46 of the Upasanakhanda includes a stotra (hymn) that is the source text for one of the best-known versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama (hymn of praise listing 1,000 names and attributes of Ganesha)
Purana sahitya ka prambhik swaroop, Puran ke panchalakshan, Ganesh je ke avirbhav.