Siddhi Ganapathi Mantra
ॐ सिद्धिगणपतये नमःIn Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English — with the meaning of every word, and the one syllable most people pronounce wrongly.
Who Siddhi Ganapathi is
Siddhi Ganapathi is the aspect of the elephant-faced lord named for siddhi, accomplished power. Within the classic lists of thirty-two forms, he is portrayed with a bouquet of flowers, a ripe mango, a stalk of sugar-cane, a sesame-sweet modaka and an axe. The name Siddhi attached to him marks the deity as the one in whom an undertaking already begun reaches its finished state. His colour is described as golden or sun-bright, distinct from the crystal clarity of the student form or the red urgency of the swift form. Contemplation of Siddhi Ganapathi therefore centres on the quiet completion of work rather than on its inauguration or its sudden acceleration.
The Form Named Accomplishment
Siddhi Ganapathi is one of the thirty-two meditative forms of Ganesha whose dhyana verses are collected in the Sritattvanidhi, the nineteenth-century Mysore compendium popularly credited to the Mudgala Purana. The dhyana, which also calls the form Pingala Ganapathi, describes him as golden and names what he holds: a ripe mango, a spray of flowers, a stalk of sugar-cane, sesame sweets and an axe. No consort is described with this form; the siddhi of the name is accomplishment itself. The objects are read as tokens of fruition: the flower that has opened, the fruit that has ripened, the cane that has sweetened, the sweet that has been prepared. No battle narrative attaches to this form; the dhyana presents a still tableau of completion. Later Maharashtrian devotion to Siddhivinayaka draws on the same conceptual field, though the temple legend of that shrine is independent. Throughout, Siddhi Ganapathi is the face of the lord turned toward the finished act, the work carried through its middle stages and ready for its seal.
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 primordial seed-syllable
- सिद्धि
- siddhi — accomplishment, perfected power
- गणपतये
- gaṇapataye — to the lord of the ganas
- नमः
- namaḥ — salutation
More Siddhi Ganapathi mantras
Siddhi Ganapathi Dhyana Shloka
The verse recited to picture the deity before japa.
- पक्वचूतफलपुष्पमञ्जरीः
- pakvacūtaphalapuṣpamañjarīḥ — ripe mango fruit and clusters of flowers
- इक्षुदण्डतिलमोदकैः
- ikṣudaṇḍatilamodakaiḥ — with a sugarcane stalk and sesame sweets
- सह
- saha — together with
- उद्वहन्
- udvahan — carrying
- परशुम्
- paraśum — the axe
- अस्तु
- astu — let there be
- ते
- te — to you
- नमः
- namaḥ — salutation
- श्रीसमृद्धियुत
- śrīsamṛddhiyuta — O one endowed with prosperity and abundance
- हेमपिङ्गल
- hemapiṅgala — O golden-tawny one
Source: Śrītattvanidhi (which attributes it to the Mudgala Purāṇa), dhyāna of Siddhi Ganapathi, no. 7 of the 32 forms
The syllable people get wrong
In siddhi the doubled consonant ddhi is commonly reduced to a single soft “dhi,” producing “sidhi.” The cluster requires a brief but distinct stop of the tongue against the palate before the aspirated release; without that stop the name loses the weight the tradition assigns to perfected power.
When Siddhi 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
Related
How to Chant
Mala, counts, timing and the mistakes that apply to any mantra.
Ganapathi Mula Mantra
The foundational mantra. Chanted at the start of any undertaking.
Vidya Ganapathi Mantra
For study, examinations and retention of what is learned.
Ganapathi Homa
The fire ritual, performed for you and telecast live.
Chanting is yours to do. Some things are performed for you.
Where a matter carries real weight, devotees sponsor the homa alongside their own practice. Performed for you and any family members you name, at our Yagna Ashram, in your name and gotra, on a muhurta calculated from your chart, and telecast live so you can watch it done for you.