शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

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INVOCATION OF GANESHA.
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The Good will crown their heads with the two
Feet of Ganesha who was begotton by the Great
Teacher, who sat under the Sacred Mountain Banyan
tree and removed the doubts of the Great Nandi.
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NOTES.
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Ganesha is the representation of Brahm and is of the
Form of the Samashti Pranava. If the letters 'a,' 'u' and
'm' represent severally 'Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra,'
Ganesha represents 'Aum' or 'Om'; and He is by pre-
eminence therefore the Deity of the Pranava; and His
Temples are therefore True Pranava alayas, without which
no place, however insignificant, it may be, is found to
exist throughout the length and breadth of India. As
Pranava is the chief Mantra of the Hindus, and as nothing
can be done without uttering it, hence the universal practice
of invoking Pillaiyar before beginning any rite or work
or treatise. 'Pillayar Shuli' which heads this page is of
course the Pranava symbol. The two feet here described
are His Gnana Sakti and Kriya Sakti. The God is given
the Elephant head as that is the one figure in nature
which is of the Form of Pranava. See the subject further
discussed in the notes to fourth Sutra. The author of
'Dravida Bhashya' points out how this couplet in praise