By seeing touching and drinking the waters of Ganga, or by praising them, hundreds and thousands of sinful men become purged of all their sins.
दर्शनात् स्पर्शनात् पानात् तथा गङ्गेति कीर्तनात्। पुनात्यपुण्याम् पुरुषाच्छतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥