Shloka 69
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
वानप्रस्थैर्गहस्थैश्व यतिभिरन्रह्मचारिभि: । विद्यावद्धि: श्रितां गड़ां पुमान् को नाम नाश्रयेत्,ब्रह्मचारी, गृहस्थ, वानप्रस्थ, संन्यासी और विद्वान् पुरुष भी जिनकी शरण लेते हैं, ऐसी गंगाजीका कौन मनुष्य आश्रय नहीं लेगा?
vānaprasthaiḥ gṛhasthaiś ca yatibhir anbrahmacāribhiḥ | vidyāvaddhiḥ śritāṃ gaṅgāṃ pumān ko nāma nāśrayet ||
The Siddha said: “When forest-dwellers and householders, renunciant ascetics and brahmacārins, and even learned men take refuge in the Gaṅgā, what person could possibly not seek her shelter?”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises Gaṅgā as a universally accepted refuge: across all āśramas (student, householder, forest-dweller, renunciant) and among the learned, her sanctity is acknowledged; therefore one should not neglect sacred means of purification and dharmic support.
A Siddha (a perfected sage) speaks, using a rhetorical question to emphasize Gaṅgā’s exceptional status: since every class of disciplined life seeks her, it is natural for any person to do the same.