The fame of Ganga has spread all over the sky, and Heaven, and Earth, and all the points, cardinal and subsidiary, of the compass. By using the waters of that foremost of rivers, mortal creatures always become crowned with high success.
ख्यातिर्यस्याः खं दिवंगां च नित्यं पुरा दिशो विदिशश्चावतस्थे। तस्या जलं सेव्य सरिद्वराया माः सर्वे कृतकृत्या भवन्ति॥