गंगालाभात्परो लाभः क्वचिदन्यो न विद्यते । तस्माद्गंगामुपासीत गंगैव परमः पुमान्
gaṃgālābhātparo lābhaḥ kvacidanyo na vidyate | tasmādgaṃgāmupāsīta gaṃgaiva paramaḥ pumān
گنگا کے حصول سے بڑھ کر کوئی فائدہ کہیں نہیں۔ اس لیے گنگا کی اُپاسنا کرو؛ گنگا ہی پرم پُرش ہے، سب سے اعلیٰ پناہ۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage interlocutors in Kāśī narrative frame
Scene: A triumphant devotional scene: Gaṅgā personified as a radiant deity rising from the river, devotees worshipping with lamps and flowers; text banner idea: ‘Gaṅgā eva paramaḥ pumān’.
Contact with Gaṅgā is the highest spiritual ‘profit’; devotion to Gaṅgā is equated with reaching the supreme refuge.
Gaṅgā—especially as the salvific river within the Kāśī tīrtha network.
Upāsanā (worship/regular devotional attendance) of Gaṅgā is explicitly prescribed.