The merit that one acquires by bathing in Ganga is such that the like of it is incapable of being acquired through the acquisition of sons or riches or the performance of meritorious acts.
न सुतैर्न च वित्तेन कर्मणा न च तत्फलम्। प्राप्नुयात् पुरुषोऽत्यन्तं गङ्गां प्राप्य यदाप्नुयात्॥