By fasting for a fortnight and bathing in Mahaganga and Krittikangaraka, one becomes purged of all his sins and ascends to heaven.
महागङ्गामुपस्पृश्य कृत्तिकाङ्गारके तथा। पक्षमेकं निराहारः स्वर्गमाप्नोति निर्मलः॥