Many wretched men who commit various sins of a heinous nature, when they are about to sink into hell, are rescued by Ganga in the next world.
प्रकृष्टैरशुभैर्ग्रस्ताननेकैः पुरुषाधमान्। पततो नरके गङ्गा संश्रितान् प्रेत्य तारयेत्॥