Having, with austere penances, pleased all the gods with the Supreme Lord (Vishnu), Bhagiratha brought Ganga down on the Earth. Going to her, men always succeed in freeing themselves from every sort of fear both here and hereafter.
प्रसाद्य देवान् सविभून् समस्तान् भगीरथस्तपसोग्रेण गङ्गाम्। गामानयत् तामभिगम्य शश्वत् पुंसां भयं नेह चामुत्र विद्यात्॥