Baha-ulla a Muslim reformist of nineteenth Century and the founder of Bahai faith speaks of the great Magna Mater as the "Luminous Maid of Heavens" clad in white, who comforted him when he was languishing in the prison of Nazir-U-Din Sha, with the weight of heavy iron collar round his neck.

It is this mother conception of God that is personified and called Parvathy, the mother of Ganesha. She is the matrix of the world besides being the mother of Ganesha. The conception of God as a male and as father of all creations came into vogue at later date as was the case with Judaism. Even in the above mentioned legend, Shiva does not count much in the presence of Parvathy and her son, Ganesha. The role of Indra, Brahma and Vishnu the three vedic Gods as peace makers indicates the beginning of the fusion of vedic and prevedic cultures. The vedic God Rudra had been merged with Shiva. But even with this added strength, he was unable to override the prevedic Goddess represented in the legend as Parvathy.

Although God is sexless the transition from mother conception to father conception depended upon the importance given to the father in the society. Judaism and Islam gave importance to father but Christianity while recognising God as father gave importance to the son who was the son of Holy Mary, the great mother. Whatever may be the doctrinaire differences between Ganesha cult of the Hindus and other religious cults, the fact remains that Ganesha is the son of his mother begotten by her without reference to a father. This aspect of Ganesha though abstract is in tune with the theory of immaculate conception propounded by many religions.