Shloka 86
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
दक्षां पृश्चिं बृहतीं विप्रकृष्टां शिवामृद्धां भागिनीं सुप्रसन्नाम् । विभावरीं सर्वभूतप्रतिष्ठां गड़्ां गता ये त्रिदिवं गतास्ते
dakṣāṃ pṛśniṃ bṛhatīṃ viprakṛṣṭāṃ śivām ṛddhāṃ bhāginīṃ suprasannām | vibhāvarīṃ sarvabhūtapratiṣṭhāṃ gaṅgāṃ gatā ye tridivaṃ gatās te ||
সিদ্ধে ক’লে—গংগা দক্ষৰ কন্যা, পৃশ্নিৰ ভগ্নী; তেওঁ বৃহৎ, উৎকৃষ্ট, মঙ্গলময়ী, পুণ্যসমৃদ্ধ আৰু ভক্তসকলৰ প্ৰতি অতি প্ৰসন্ন। শিৱে শিৰত ধাৰণ কৰাত তেওঁ সৌভাগ্যৱতী; পাপবিনাশত প্ৰলয়ৰাত্ৰিৰ দৰে, আৰু সকলো ভূতৰ আশ্ৰয়-প্ৰতিষ্ঠা। যিসকলে গংগাৰ শৰণ লয়, তেওঁলোকে ত্ৰিদিব লাভ কৰে।
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Taking refuge in sacred, dharma-aligned sources of purification—here personified as Gaṅgā—destroys sin and leads to spiritual uplift, expressed as attaining heavenly realms; devotion and surrender are presented as ethically transformative.
A Siddha extols Gaṅgā with a chain of epithets: her divine lineage and relations, her auspicious and merit-filled nature, her special sanctity through Śiva’s bearing her, her power to annihilate sin, and the promised fruit that those who seek her refuge reach heaven.