Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi Mantra
ॐ क्षिप्रप्रसादगणपतये नमःIn Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English — with the meaning of every word, and the one syllable most people pronounce wrongly.
Who Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi is
Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi is the aspect of Ganesha whose distinctive mark is prasāda that does not tarry. He is the twentieth of the thirty-two forms whose dhyana verses are collected in the Sritattvanidhi, where he is red in complexion and six-armed, holding the single tusk, the goad, a lotus, a sprig of the kalpalatā or wish-fulfilling creeper, the noose and a citron. The compound kṣipra-prasāda is treated in Ganapatya tantras as a technical name for this single deity, not as a loose epithet that could apply to any swift form of Ganesha. The wish-fulfilling creeper is shared with other forms in the list, among them Kshipra Ganapathi and Lakshmi Ganapathi; what marks this one is the name itself, grace granted without delay.
The Twentieth of the Thirty-Two Forms
Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi is known through his dhyana verse rather than through a narrative episode. The Sritattvanidhi, a nineteenth-century compilation, gives dhyana verses for thirty-two forms of Ganesha, building on an older list of names associated with the Mudgala Purana. Kshipra Prasada is the twentieth. His dhyana shows him red and six-armed, with the single tusk, the goad, a lotus, the wish-fulfilling creeper, the noose and a citron. The red colour, the tusk, the goad, the noose and the creeper he shares with Kshipra Ganapathi, the tenth form, who has four arms; the lotus and the citron are his own. The name carries the theology of the form: kṣipra means swift and prasāda means grace, and he is approached where a matter cannot wait.
The mantra, in six scripts
The name mantra, and the form most devotees chant daily. No initiation is required — it is open to anyone, including a parent chanting for a child.
- ॐ
- oṃ — the praṇava
- क्षिप्रप्रसादगणपतये
- kṣipraprasādagaṇapataye — to Ganapati of swift prasāda
- नमः
- namaḥ — salutation
More Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi mantras
Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi Dhyana Shloka
The verse recited to picture the deity before japa.
- धृतपाशाङ्कुशकल्पलतास्वरदश्
- dhṛtapāśāṅkuśakalpalatāsvaradaś — who holds the noose, goad, wish-fulfilling creeper and his own tusk
- च
- ca — and
- बीजपूरयुतः
- bījapūrayutaḥ — bearing a citron
- शशिशकलकलितमौलिस्
- śaśiśakalakalitamaulis — whose crown is marked with a digit of the moon
- त्रिलोचनो
- trilocano — three-eyed
- ऽरुणश्
- 'ruṇaś — red
- च
- ca — and
- गजवदनः
- gajavadanaḥ — elephant-faced
- भासुरभूषणदीप्तो
- bhāsurabhūṣaṇadīpto — glowing with brilliant ornaments
- बृहदुदरः
- bṛhadudaraḥ — big-bellied
- पद्मविष्टरोल्लसितः
- padmaviṣṭarollasitaḥ — resplendent on a lotus seat
- विघ्नपयोधरपवनः
- vighnapayodharapavanaḥ — the wind that scatters the clouds of obstacles
- करधृतकमलः
- karadhṛtakamalaḥ — holding a lotus in his hand
- सदा
- sadā — always
- अस्तु
- astu — may he be
- मे
- me — for me
- भूत्यै
- bhūtyai — for well-being
Source: Dhyāna śloka of this form in the Śrītattvanidhi's thirty-two Gaṇapati forms (no. 20 in the Stotranidhi list). Stotranidhi and Drik Panchang agree; both print a space after कल्पलता, which is printed here joined as one compound.
The syllable people get wrong
The opening cluster kṣi in kṣipra is the point that belongs to this mantra alone. Speakers often replace the retroflex ṣ with a palatal ś, as though the word were written kśipra, or drop the k entirely and say ‘shipra’. The correct onset keeps the k closed against a true retroflex sibilant before the short i, so the urgency coded in the name remains phonetically intact.
When Kshipra Prasada Ganapathi is chanted
Weekday. Tuesday
Questions
Have your chart read before you decide
Chanting is yours to do, and free. But which deity your situation calls for — and whether a mantra alone is the right response — depends on your chart. Sometimes it is; sometimes it is not.
- Over 30 years in the Guru–Sishya Parampara, from the age of five
- He reads every chart himself — 60 minutes, one to one, never delegated
- Charts are read only between sunrise and sunset, following tradition
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For study, examinations and retention of what is learned.
Ganapathi Homa
The fire ritual, performed for you and telecast live.
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