What are the benefits of reciting the Ekadanta Stotram according to the text?

Reciting or hearing the Ekadanta Stotram can grant various siddhis, destroy enemies, bring joy, and bless one with children and grandchildren.

To whom is the Ekadanta Stotram addressed, and what qualities of that deity are praised?

The stotram is addressed to Ganesha (Ekadanta), praising his form as the embodiment of Brahman, the creator, preserver, and destroyer, and the giver of success and wisdom.

Who recited the Ekadanta Stotram in the Mudgala Purana, and what was their emotional state?

The devarshis recited the Ekadanta Stotram with great joy, devotion, tears in their eyes, and goosebumps, after seeing Gananayaka directly before them.

What boon did Ekadanta (Ganesha) offer to the munis and devas after they praised him?

Ekadanta offered to grant any boon they desired, assuring them that even if it was difficult to obtain, he would fulfill their wishes without doubt.

What is the significance of Ganesha's form as described in the Ekadanta Stotram?

Ganesha's form, with a body representing qualities and a head representing the formless, signifies the unity of the manifest and unmanifest aspects of reality.

śatrusaṁhāraka ēkadanta stōtram

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Ganesha Stotra

dēvarṣaya ūcuḥ |
namastē gajavaktrāya gaṇēśāya namō namaḥ |
anantānandabhōktrē vai brahmaṇē brahmarūpiṇē || 1 ||

ādimadhyāntahīnāya carācaramayāya tē |
anantōdarasaṁsthāya nābhiśēṣāya tē namaḥ || 2 ||

kartrē pātrē ca saṁhartrē triguṇānāmadhīśvara |
sarvasattādharāyaiva nirguṇāya namō namaḥ || 3 ||

siddhibuddhipatē tubhyaṁ siddhibuddhipradāya ca |
brahmabhūtāya dēvēśa saguṇāya namō namaḥ || 4 ||

paraśuṁ dadhatē tubhyaṁ kamalēna praśōbhinē |
pāśābhayadharāyaiva mahōdara namō namaḥ || 5 ||

mūṣakārūḍhadēvāya mūṣakadhvajinē namaḥ |
ādipūjyāya sarvāya sarvapūjyāya tē namaḥ || 6 ||

guṇasamyuktakāyāya nirguṇātmakamastaka |
tayōrabhēdarūpēṇa caikadantāya tē namaḥ || 7 ||

vēdāntagōcarāyaiva vēdāntālabhyakāya tē |
yōgādhīśāya vai tubhyaṁ brahmādhīśāya tē namaḥ || 8 ||

apāraguṇadhārāyānantamāyāpracālaka |
nānāvatārabhēdāya śāntidāya namō namaḥ || 9 ||

vayaṁ dhanyā vayaṁ dhanyā yairdr̥ṣṭō gaṇanāyakaḥ |
brahmabhūyamayaḥ sākṣāt pratyakṣaṁ purataḥ sthitaḥ || 10 ||

ēvaṁ stutvā praharṣēṇa nanr̥turbhaktisamyutāḥ |
sāśrunētrān sarōmāñcān dr̥ṣṭvā tān ḍhuṇḍhirabravīt || 11 ||

ēkadanta uvāca |
varaṁ vr̥ṇuta dēvēśā munayaśca yathēpsitam |
dāsyāmi taṁ na sandēhō bhavēdyadyapi durlabhaḥ || 12 ||

bhavatkr̥taṁ madīyaṁ yat stōtraṁ sarvārthadaṁ bhavēt |
paṭhatē śruṇvatē dēvā nānāsiddhipradaṁ dvijāḥ || 13 ||

śatrunāśakaraṁ caivāntē svānandapradāyakam |
putrapautrādikaṁ sarvaṁ labhatē pāṭhatō naraḥ || 14 ||

iti śrīmanmudgalapurāṇē dvitīyēkhaṇḍē ēkadantacaritē dvipañcāśattamō:’dhyāyē ēkadantastōtraṁ sampūrṇam |

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