गंगास्नानप्रतिनिधिः स्तोत्रमेतन्मयेरितम् । सिस्नासुर्जाह्नवीं तस्मादेतत्स्तोत्रं जपेत्सुधीः
gaṃgāsnānapratinidhiḥ stotrametanmayeritam | sisnāsurjāhnavīṃ tasmādetatstotraṃ japetsudhīḥ
Bài thánh tụng này do ta tuyên thuyết chính là sự thay thế cho việc tắm sông Gaṅgā. Vì vậy, ai khát ngưỡng được tắm nơi Jāhnavī, hỡi người trí, hãy tụng đọc stotra này.
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī)
Type: river
Listener: A sage (muni)
Scene: A householder far from the river sits before a small water vessel; above it appears a visionary Gaṅgā stream descending from Śiva’s jaṭā, enveloping the chanter in translucent water-light—signifying ‘snāna by hymn’.
Sacred power can be accessed through sincere recitation even when physical pilgrimage or bathing is not possible.
Gaṅgā/Jāhnavī as the supreme tīrtha, central to Kāśī’s sacred landscape.
Recite (japa) the stotra as a pratinidhi (substitute) for Gaṅgā snāna.