The Ganesha Purana , along with the Mudgala Purana, Brahma Purana and Brahmanda Purana, is a Sanskrit text that deals with Ganesha.

The Ganesha Purana , along with the Mudgala Purana, Brahma Purana and Brahmanda Purana, is a Sanskrit text that deals with Ganesha. It is an Upapurana (minor Purana) and is an important text particularly for Ganapatyas who consider Ganesha as their primary deity. The text is organised in two voluminous sections, one on mythology and genealogy (Krida-khanda, 155 chapters), and the other on theology and devotion (Upasana-khanda, 92 chapters). The text's composition and expansion date has been estimated to be the late medieval period, between the 13th- to 18th-century CE, during a period of political turmoil during the Islamic rule period of South Asia.

The four texts, two Upa-Puranas and two Maha-Puranas, differ in their focus. The Brahmanda Purana presents Ganesha as Saguna (with attributes and physical form), the Brahma Purana presents Ganesha as Nirguna (without attributes, abstract principle), Ganesha Purana presents him as a union of Saguna and Nirguna concept wherein saguna Ganesha is a prelude to nirguna Ganesha, and the Mudgala Purana describes Ganesha as Samyoga (abstract synthesis with absolute reality and soul).

The Ganesa Purana is divided into two sections. The Upasana khanda or "section on devotion" has 92 chapters, and the Krida khanda or "section on the divine play (of Gaṇesha)" has 155 chapters. Chapter 46 of the Upasana khanda 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).

The Upasanakhanda, or the first part of the Ganesha Purana, presents two modes of worship. One is meditation and mystic contemplation of Ganesha as the eternal Brahman presented in Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, the metaphysical absolute and Paramatma (Nirguna, supreme spirit), where he is same as the Atman (soul, innermost self) within oneself. The second approach, suggests the Ganesha Purana, is through preparing an image of god (Saguna, murti), decorating it with flowers, presenting it offerings and festively remembering him in Puja-style homage. The Upasana khanda presents Ganesha as the Brahman, or the absolute unchanging reality.

Chapters 138-48 of the Kridakhanda constitute the Ganesha Gita, which is modelled on the Bhagavad Gita, but adapted to place Ganesha in the divine role. The discourse is given to King Varenya during Ganesha's incarnation as Gajanana. Ganesha Gita shows that ninety percent of its stanzas are, with slight modifications, taken from the Bhagavad Gita. Their topics are the same: karma yoga, jnana yoga and bhakti yoga. However, Ganesha replaces Krishna in the divine role. ✨🐘🕉📿🌀🎨✨🙏

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah 💚🕉💖💛