अष्टकृत्वो मंत्रजप्तैर्वस्त्रपूतैः सुगंधिभिः । प्रोचुर्गांगजलैः स्नानं घृतस्नानाधिकं बुधाः
aṣṭakṛtvo maṃtrajaptairvastrapūtaiḥ sugaṃdhibhiḥ | procurgāṃgajalaiḥ snānaṃ ghṛtasnānādhikaṃ budhāḥ
Các bậc hiền trí tuyên rằng: tắm bằng nước Gaṅgā—tám lần, được thánh hóa bởi trì tụng thần chú, lọc qua vải và ướp hương—còn thù thắng hơn cả tắm bằng bơ tinh (ghṛta).
Skanda (deduced; Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-jala (ritual snāna)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee prepares Gaṅgā water: pours it through a white cloth into a vessel, adds sandal fragrance, chants mantras, then performs eightfold sprinkling/bathing; nearby, a small lamp and flowers.
Gaṅgā water is exalted as uniquely sanctifying; when used with mantra and purity, it surpasses even luxurious ritual substitutes.
Gaṅgā as tīrtha, whose water is treated as the highest ritual medium.
Bathing using Gaṅgā water prepared as mantra-japtam, cloth-filtered (vastrapūta), fragrant, and applied eight times (aṣṭakṛtvaḥ).