Valmiki Ramayana 2.50.25-26: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50, Shlokas 25-26
गङ्गादर्शनम् तथा गुहसमागमः
Vision of the Gaṅgā and Meeting with Guha
विष्णुपादच्युतां दिव्यामपापां पापनाशिनीम् ।
तां शङ्करजटाजूटाद्भ्रष्टां सागरतेजसा ॥२५॥
समुद्रमहिषीं गङ्गां सारसक्रौञ्चनादिताम् ।
आससाद महाबाहुः शृङ्गिबेरपुरं प्रति ॥२६॥
viṣṇu-pāda-cyutāṃ divyām apāpāṃ pāpa-nāśinīm |
tāṃ śaṅkara-jaṭā-jūṭād bhraṣṭāṃ sāgara-tejasā ||25||
samudra-mahiṣīṃ gaṅgāṃ sārasa-krauñca-nāditām |
āsasāda mahābāhuḥ śṛṅgiberapuraṃ prati ||26||
बड़े हाथ वाले राम शृंगिबेरपुर पहुंचे। वहां उन्होंने गंगा को देखा जो समुंदर की रानी है। यह पानी इतना पवित्र है कि पाप भी मिटा देता है। लोग कहते हैं यह विष्णु के पांव से गिरा है। और शिव के जटों से बहता हुआ आया है। इसमें बड़े बड़े चिड़िया आवाज़ करती हैं।
Mighty-armed Rama reached Srngaberapura on the bank of this consort of the ocean, this Ganga loud with the cries of kraunchas and herons. This sinless, divine Ganga, destroyer of sins who flows from the feet of lord Visnu and by the effulgence (penance) of Sagara's son (Bhagiratha) emerged from the matted locks of lord Siva.
FAQs
Dharma as purification and truthful remembrance: the Gaṅgā is presented as a moral-spiritual purifier, and her origin story reinforces fidelity to sacred tradition (satya as faithful transmission).
Rāma arrives at Śṛṅgiberapura on the Gaṅgā’s bank; the narrator simultaneously praises the river’s sanctity and divine descent.
Piety and steadfastness: Rāma continues his exile-journey with composure, while the narrative highlights sanctity as a support for righteous living.
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