The fame of Ganga for sanctity has spread over the entire universe, since she carried all the sons of Sagara, who had been reduced to ashes, from here to the celestial region,
विश्वलोकेषु पुण्यत्वाद् गङ्गायाः प्रथितं यशः। यत्पुत्रान्सगरस्येतो भस्माख्याननयद् दिवम्॥