जन्मांतरकृतैर्दानैस्तपोभिर्नियमैर्व्रतैः । इह जन्मनि गंगायां नृणां भक्तिः प्रजायते
janmāṃtarakṛtairdānaistapobhirniyamairvrataiḥ | iha janmani gaṃgāyāṃ nṛṇāṃ bhaktiḥ prajāyate
પૂર્વજન્મોમાં કરેલા દાન, તપ, નિયમ અને વ્રતોના પ્રભાવથી જ આ જન્મમાં મનુષ્યોમાં ગંગાપ્રતિ ભક્તિ જન્મે છે.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā
Type: river
Scene: A devotee at the Gaṅgā feels spontaneous tears and reverence; behind him, faint layered silhouettes of past-life acts—giving alms, performing tapas, observing vratas—appear like translucent memories culminating in present Gaṅgā-bhakti.
Devotion is not accidental; it is the fruition of accumulated dharma from prior lives.
Gaṅgā as the object of devotion and purifier-tīrtha in Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
General dharmic practices are named—dāna, tapas, niyama, and vrata—as causes that mature into Gaṅgā-bhakti.