Those men of tranquil souls who have renounced their bodies in the waters of Ganga whose sanctity is as great as that of the butter and other liquids poured in sacrifices and which are capable of giving merits equal to those of the greatest of sacrifices, have certainly attained to a station equal to that of the very gods.
पथस्विनी घृतिनीमत्युदारां समृद्धिनी वेगिनीं दुर्विगाह्याम्। गङ्गां गत्वा यैः शरीरं विसृष्टं गता धीरास्ते विबुधैः समत्वम्॥