Verse 25·VR 1.43.25

तच्छङ्करशिरोभ्रष्टं भ्रष्टं भूमितले पुनः ||१-४३-२५ व्यरोचत तदा तोयं निर्मलं गतकल्मषम् |

tat shaMkara shiro bhraShTam bhraShTam bhuumi tale punaH ||1-43-25 vyarocata tadaa toyam nirmalam gata kalmaSham |

Translation

That impeccable and immaculate water of Ganga then became outstanding as it has flounced down from heaven primarily onto the head of Shankara, and therefrom it has coasted down onto the earth. [1-43-25b, 26a]

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shamkarashirobhraSTam

that which slipped - flounced down on Sankara's head

punaH

later

bhuumitale bhraSTam

slipped - coasted down on earth's surface

gatakalmaSam

rid of blemish - impeccable

nirmalam

without impurity - immaculate

tat toyam

that, water - \t\t\tof Ganga

tadaa vyarocata

then, shone forth - became outstanding \t\t\triver.

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43

River Ganga's descent onto earth

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