As snakes become shorn of their poison as soon as they see Garuda, so one becomes purged of all his sins as soon as he sees the sacred river Ganga.
भवन्ति निर्विषाः सर्प यथा तार्क्ष्यस्य दर्शनात्। गङ्गाया दर्शनात् तद्वत् सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥