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,गंगा जगत्का उद्धार करनेमें समर्थ हैं। भगवान् पृश्चिगर्भकी जननी 'पृश्रि” के तुल्य हैं, विशाल हैं, सबसे उत्कृष्ट हैं, मंगलकारिणी हैं, पुण्यराशिसे समृद्ध हैं, शिवजीके द्वारा मस्तकपर धारित होनेके कारण सौभाग्यशालिनी तथा भक्तोंपर अत्यन्त प्रसन्न रहनेवाली हैं। इतना ही नहीं, पापोंका विनाश करनेके लिये वे कालरात्रिके समान हैं तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंकी आश्रयभूत हैं। जो लोग गंगाजीकी शरणमें गये हैं वे स्वर्गलोकमें जा पहुँचे हैं
dakṣāṃ pṛśniṃ bṛhatīṃ viprakṛṣṭāṃ śivām ṛddhāṃ bhāginīṃ suprasannām | vibhāvarīṃ sarvabhūtapratiṣṭhāṃ gaṅgāṃ gatā ye tridivaṃ gatās te ||
The Siddha said: “Ganga is Daksha’s daughter, Pṛśni’s sister—vast, exalted, auspicious, and rich in merit. Ever gracious to devotees, she is blessed, for Śiva bears her upon his head. For the destruction of sin she is like the night of dissolution, and she is a refuge and support for all beings. Those who take shelter in the Ganga attain the heavenly worlds.”
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.