Shloka 64
दर्शनात् स्पर्शनात् पानात् तथा गड़्ेति कीर्तनात् । पुनात्यपुण्यान् पुरुषान शतशो5थ सहस्रश:,गंगाजी अपने दर्शन, स्पर्श, जलपान तथा अपने गंगानामके कीर्तनसे सैकड़ों और हजारों पापियोंको तार देती हैं
darśanāt sparśanāt pānāt tathā gaṅgeti kīrtanāt | punāty apuṇyān puruṣān śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
Sang Siddha berkata: Dengan sekadar memandangnya, menyentuhnya, meminum airnya, dan كذلك dengan melagukan namanya sebagai “Gaṅgā”, beliau menyucikan manusia berdosa—beratus-ratus malah beribu-ribu.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the purifying power of the Gaṅgā: even simple forms of contact—seeing, touching, drinking her water, or chanting her name—are presented as spiritually efficacious, capable of cleansing heavy wrongdoing and restoring a person toward dharmic life.
A Siddha (a perfected sage) is describing the greatness of the Gaṅgā as a tīrtha. He enumerates four modes of engagement—darśana, sparśa, pāna, and nāma-kīrtana—and declares that through these she purifies vast numbers of sinners.