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, You alone are the primordial Root-Nature (mūla-prakṛti); You are indeed Nārāyaṇa, the sovereign Lord. You are also the Supreme Self (Paramātmā), and You are Śiva. To You, again and again, I bow.
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.