Shloka 55
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
जाह्नवीतीरसम्भूतां मृदं मूर्थध्ना बिभर्ति यः । बिभर्ति रूप॑ सो<र्कस्य तमोनाशाय निर्मलम्,जो मनुष्य गंगाके तीरकी मिट्टी अपने मस्तकमें लगाता है वह अज्ञानान्धकारका नाश करनेके लिये सूर्यके समान निर्मल स्वरूप धारण करता है
jāhnavītīrasambhūtāṃ mṛdaṃ mūrdhnā bibharti yaḥ | bibharti rūpaṃ so 'rkasyā tamonāśāya nirmalam ||
जाह्नवीतीरसम्भूतां मृदं मूर्ध्ना बिभर्ति यः । बिभर्ति रूपं सोऽर्कस्य तमोनाशाय निर्मलम् ॥
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Reverence toward the Gaṅgā—symbolized by placing her riverbank earth on one’s head—is praised as a purifying act that dispels inner ignorance (tamas) and fosters a radiant, clarified disposition aligned with dharma.
A Siddha is describing the spiritual efficacy of contact with the sacred Gaṅgā: even a simple act of devotion (bearing the riverbank soil on the head) is portrayed as producing sun-like purity, metaphorically removing the darkness of ignorance.