By hearing of Ganga, by wishing to go to that river, by drinking its waters, by touching those waters, and by bathing in them , a person rescues both his paternal and maternal families.
श्रुताभिलषिता पीता स्पृष्टा दृष्टावगाहिता। गङ्गा तारयते नृणामुभौ वंशो विशेषतः॥