@shrikanth_krish 1. There are authoritative pA~ncharAtra texts like jayAkhya which do explicitly specify the worship of gaNesha as known in common dharma:
ध्यायेत् ... स्थूलाङ्गम् एकदंष्ट्रं च लम्ब-क्रोडं गजाननम् |
The dhyAna is unambiguous and he not conflated with viShvaksena or his pArShada-s
ध्यायेत् ... स्थूलाङ्गम् एकदंष्ट्रं च लम्ब-क्रोडं गजाननम् |
The dhyAna is unambiguous and he not conflated with viShvaksena or his pArShada-s
@shrikanth_krish 2. It seems, given his name and function, viShvaksena evolved as a vaiShNava reflex of skanda. This is supported by the early kaumAra tradition where he is surrounded by the 4 vinAyaka-s like those companions of viShvaksena. Moreover, skanda played a key role in the creation of
@shrikanth_krish vinAyaka(-s) in one of the old traditions preserved in the voluminous skandapurANa. Notably, in a curious twist the shaiva vatulottara names skanda as viShvaksena and vishAkha as jayatsena once in the account of the AvaraNa of rudragaNa-s. An eastern tradition preserved in the
@shrikanth_krish merutantra records his worship along with sAtyaki -- probably an inheritance from an old sAttvata tradition which might have even conceived of sAtyaki as his incarnation. But for most part he is worship as being similar to viShNu even as nandin is related to rudra. In the
@shrikanth_krish tradition of saiddhAntika shaiva-s preserved by j~nAnashiva deshika he is explicitly called the lord of the viShNugaNa-s mirroring a vinAyaka like role that he gradually converged to.
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