गंगातटोद्भवां मृत्स्नां यो मौलौ बिभृयान्नरः । बिभर्ति सोऽर्कबिंबं वै तमोनाशाय निश्चितम्
gaṃgātaṭodbhavāṃ mṛtsnāṃ yo maulau bibhṛyānnaraḥ | bibharti so'rkabiṃbaṃ vai tamonāśāya niścitam
L’homme qui porte sur sa tête la terre prise au bord de la Gaṅgā porte, pour ainsi dire, le disque du soleil, assurément pour dissiper les ténèbres (ignorance et péché).
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-taṭa-mṛttikā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim at a Kāśī ghat gently lifts a pinch of Gaṅgā-bank earth and places it on his head; a radiant sun-disc appears symbolically above, while surrounding shadows recede.
Contact with Gaṅgā-associated substances is spiritually luminous, dispelling inner darkness and sin.
The Gaṅgā’s bank (gaṅgā-taṭa), a key sacred zone in Kāśī’s tīrtha geography.
Bearing Gaṅgā-bank earth on the head (a form of tīrtha-mṛd-dhāraṇa) is praised.