Shloka 84
Pūjādi-kathana — Gaṅgā Vratas, Tenfold Worship, Stotra, and Mokṣa on the Riverbank
त्वमेव मूलप्रकृतिस्त्वं हि नारायणः प्रभुः । गंगे त्वं परमात्मा च शिवस्तुभ्यं नमोनमः ॥ ८४ ॥
tvameva mūlaprakṛtistvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | gaṃge tvaṃ paramātmā ca śivastubhyaṃ namonamaḥ || 84 ||
O Gaṅgā, du allein bist die mūla-prakṛti, die uranfängliche Wurzel-Natur; du bist wahrlich Nārāyaṇa, der souveräne Herr. Du bist auch der Paramātmā, und du bist Śiva. Dir verneige ich mich, immer wieder.
Sage Narada (hymnic praise within the Ganga Mahatmya context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents Gaṅgā as a supreme, all-encompassing sacred reality—identified with mūla-prakṛti, Nārāyaṇa, Paramātman, and Śiva—so her worship is treated as direct worship of the highest principle, not merely a river-deity.
By offering repeated salutations to Gaṅgā as the Lord in multiple divine forms, the verse models ekāgratā (one-pointed devotion) and teaches that sincere praise (stuti) to a tīrtha-devatā can function as direct bhakti to the Supreme.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this śloka; the practical takeaway is ritual theology for tīrtha practice—using stuti and namaskāra as sanctioned devotional acts within Ganga-mahātmya and pilgrimage observances.