Shloka 86
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
दक्षां पृश्चिं बृहतीं विप्रकृष्टां शिवामृद्धां भागिनीं सुप्रसन्नाम् । विभावरीं सर्वभूतप्रतिष्ठां गड़्ां गता ये त्रिदिवं गतास्ते
dakṣāṃ pṛśniṃ bṛhatīṃ viprakṛṣṭāṃ śivām ṛddhāṃ bhāginīṃ suprasannām | vibhāvarīṃ sarvabhūtapratiṣṭhāṃ gaṅgāṃ gatā ye tridivaṃ gatās te ||
Wika ng Siddha: “Si Gaṅgā ay anak na babae ni Dakṣa, kapatid ni Pṛśni—malawak, dakila, mapagpala, at sagana sa kabutihan. Lubhang mahabagin siya sa mga deboto, at pinagpala sapagkat si Śiva ay nagdadala sa kanya sa tuktok ng ulo. Sa paglipol ng kasalanan, siya’y tulad ng gabi ng pagkalusaw; at siya ang kanlungan at salalayan ng lahat ng nilalang. Ang mga sumisilong sa Gaṅgā ay nakararating sa mga daigdig na makalangit.”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Taking refuge in sacred, dharma-aligned sources of purification—here personified as Gaṅgā—destroys sin and leads to spiritual uplift, expressed as attaining heavenly realms; devotion and surrender are presented as ethically transformative.
A Siddha extols Gaṅgā with a chain of epithets: her divine lineage and relations, her auspicious and merit-filled nature, her special sanctity through Śiva’s bearing her, her power to annihilate sin, and the promised fruit that those who seek her refuge reach heaven.