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The following Sloka(in bold ) is probably the most popular among all Ganapaty Slokas

"Vakratunda Mahaakaaya Surya Koti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva sarva Karyesu Sarvada".

Meaning:O Lord Ganesha, of curved trunk, large body and with the Brilliance of a Million Suns, please make all my works free from obstacles, always.

Question-Which scripture contains this Shloka?

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I found the Vakratunda incarnation in Mudgal Brahmana but not the mantra. The closest I could come to this mantra is the following line from the Mahaganapati Shastranam Stotra from the Rudrayamala Tantra that contains the first sentence:

Verse 99

vakratuṇḍo mahākāyaḥ koṭisūryasamaprabhaḥ ।
ekadaṃṣṭraḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgo vikaṭo dhūmravarṇakaḥ ॥ 99॥

Here's the link to the text - mahAgaNapatisahasranAmastotra. The entire hymn I couldn't find anywhere so this is the closest I could get.

Dr. Vineet Aggarwal
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    Good amount of research. – Rakesh Joshi Jul 25 '17 at 15:27
  • Thanks @RakeshJoshi yes this one was quite tough to find! – Dr. Vineet Aggarwal Jul 25 '17 at 16:43
  • 'The entire hymn I couldn't find anywhere so this is the closest.' should be rephrased to 'The entire hymn I couldn't find anywhere and this is the closest I could find.' I don't think you went through the entirety of Hindu scriptures available currently in order to reach the decision right? Please do state if that's the case :) – user1952500 Jul 26 '17 at 00:23
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    @user1952500 well I am sure that's impossible for anyone to do but I did check all Ganpati related scriptures especially the ones that feature the word 'Vakratunda' :) – Dr. Vineet Aggarwal Jul 26 '17 at 04:56
  • Agreed. Hence the comment. Your note above says it is the closest, but you mean it is the closest that you could find. – user1952500 Jul 26 '17 at 04:57
  • Also note that in the other two line hymn with 'avighnam', there should be no visarga in the first line since it's referring to Ganesha in the sambodhana prathama vibhakti. So it's not exactly the same first line here. – user1952500 Jul 26 '17 at 05:00
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    @user1952500 yes but now that you have pout so much stress on it I am curious to know if the entire verse does exist anywhere in its entirety in any scripture. The second line of the mantra - 'nirvighnam kuru me dev' could actually be a vandana or a prayer added to the first line of this verse. – Dr. Vineet Aggarwal Jul 26 '17 at 05:02
  • It's subtly different in the first line but it could be a ripoff off (or this could be a ripoff of that). – user1952500 Jul 26 '17 at 05:14
  • I searched over the doc, Gaṇapati sahasranāma is present in 31st paṭala of Rudrayāmalatantra's Devīrahasyam https://archive.org/details/RudraYamaloktaShriDeviReshyamKapildevaNarayana/page/n315/mode/2up?view=theater – Bingming Nov 15 '23 at 23:54