Does Dip in Ganga River Really Wash Sins?
Goddess Ganga River the Saviour of the Universe flows from Heaven to Earth. The whole universe is an energy called cosmic energy.
Therefore, all the entities present over here are also energies whether that is human, river, mountain, tree, etc.
All the entities other than humans are here to support the journey of the human being.
Ganga River is also one of them. Ganga River is motherly energy that came from heaven to liberate a human being from their sins and sufferings.
How has the Ganga born?
At the beginning of the world, Lord Brahma asked Mother Nature that he want to start the world from the grace of Nature.
Hearing this Mother Nature transformed herself into 7 seven energies. These energies are – Gayatri, Saraswati, Laxmi, Parvati, Illusionary energy, Austerity energy, and Ganga.
Among all seven energies, the Ganga river is the only energy that exists in all three Lokas; Heaven, Nag-Loka, and Earth. This is why Lord Brahma place Ganga in his Kamandal also.
How Ganga came in Lord Shiva’s hair?
At the time of worshiping the leg of the Lord Vishnu some of the Ganga water split on the Hemkunt mountain that further trapped by Lord Shiva in his hairs and then distributed in three streams.
These three streams flow in three Lokas. Ganga is the savior of the gods present in the heaven, savior of the Nagas present in the Nag Loka, and also the savior of the humans present on the earth.
Origen of Goddess Ganga
Goddess Ganga was born in heaven. Once, Lord Vishnu in the form of a Bhramin visited King Bali palace when King Bali was doing a Yagya. Lord Vishnu asked Bali to give him some donations.
Bali the king of Koshala didn’t want to annoy the Lord Vishnu. So king Bali asked God Vishnu to demand anything that he wishes. Lord Vishnu asked for three steps of land only. King Bali granted the wish.
How Lord Vishnu acquired all the Three Planets?
God Vishnu put his first step on the earth and acquired the whole earth in his first step.
God Vishnu put his second step in the sky and acquired the whole sky. He asked Bali where he should keep his third step. King Bali allows the Vishnu to keep the third step on his head.
God Vishnu put his third step on the head of King Bali resulting in King Bali reached to the Patal Lok which was full of devils.
Goddess River Ganga is the Daughter of Lord Brahma
When God Vishnu put his second step in the sky, Lord Brahma himself came to worship Lord Vishnu.
He washed the leg of the Lord Vishnu and collected all the water in his Kamandal. But some of the water split on the Hemkunt mountain resulting in Lord Shiva has to control the split water of Ganga and he put the Ganga on his hairs.
Goddess Ganga in his physical form as a river flows from heaven to earth. Ganga river is full of medicinal values. She is the holiest, cool, and healing river of the universe.
How Goddess Ganga came to the earth from heaven?
A story of Sagar, King of Koshala
After King Bali, a very popular king named Sagar once decided to increase his kingdom Koshala. There was a tradition to send a horse in order to grow the kingdom.
The horse passed through various states during the process and the state through which the horse passed, automatically came under the king who sends the horse.
In case any person caught the horse, he has to fight with the king in order to take back his kingdom.
Lord Indra caught the Horse
Indra, the lord of heaven feared to see the horse of king Sagar.
Lord Indra feared to think if in case the horse passed through heaven then heaven will be of the king Sagar because Lord Indra was incapable to fight with the Sagar.
Therefore, Lord Indra changed his form, caught the horse, and kept the horse in the premises of Rishi Kapil.
Sons of Sagar cursed and destroyed
King Sagar has 60000 sons from his second wife. Sagar sends his sons to search the horse. They found the horse on the premises of Rishi Kapil.
Rishi Kapil was doing meditation and seeing the sons of king Sagar he annoyed and destroyed all the sons of king Sagar with his spiritual power.
Departed souls of all the sons of King Sagar were not granted peace due to the curse of the Kapil rishi. King Sagar did so much effort to give peace to the departed souls of his sons but could not succeed.
With this event, the story of King Sagar was over.
Bhagirath, king of Koshalas did Austerity to Please Brahma
After a long time in the same dynasty a very renowned and kind king Bhagirath was born.
When he heard about the curse on his ancestor’s souls he planned to do something to give peace to all the departed souls of the ancestors.
King Bhagirath did great austerity to please Lord Bhrama. Lord Brahma came and asked Bhagirath about his wish.
King Bhagirath prayed to Brahma to bring Ganga to come down to the earth to grant peace to the departed souls of his ancestors.
Lord Brahma said that this would be possible only if Lord Mahadeva become ready to control the flow of the Ganga.
Bhagirath did Austerity to Please Lord Shiva
Now, the king again did great austerity to please Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva pleased and became ready to control the flow of the Ganga river.
Ganga felt it an insult and she planned to sweep the Earth away as she fell from Heaven. But Lord Shiva calmly controlled the flow of the Ganga river.
He let her out in small steams. In physical form, the holiest motherly energy Ganga flows from an ice cave on the Gangotri glacier.
In this way with the great efforts of king Bhagirath goddess Ganga came to the earth to purify and liberate the departed souls of king Bhagirath’s ancestors.
Then onwards goddess Ganga is continuously nurturing the earth and its people.
Goddess Ganga River will return back to heaven
According to Devi Bhagwat, once, Goddess Ganga and Goddess Saraswati have some hot discussion.
To resolve the problem goddess Laxmi came in between the goddess Ganga and goddess Saraswati.
Ganga and Saraswati both cursed to the goddess Laxmi to become a river and go to the earth.
Goddess Ganga and goddess Saraswati both cursed to one another to become a river and go to the earth.
Due to the curses, all three goddesses have to become rivers and have to come on the earth.
The time when Ganga River will revert back to Heaven
Once, Rishi Narad asked the Lord Vishnu about the time when all the rivers will come back to heaven from the earth.
Lord Vishnu told Rishi Narad that after completing 5000 years of Kaliyuga all three will come back to heaven.
Now, 5000 years are over. River Padma (goddess Laxmi) and river Saraswati already have disappeared from the earth. Soon the river Ganga also will go back to heaven.
Ganga River the Holiest River in the World
People think that all these are glorified stories. But the truth is different. These are not glorified stories at all. All are 100 percent true stories.
In fact, we are not spiritually too advanced to accept the truth and understand the truth due to dwelling in the illusionary world. Ganga is a divine energy in the form of water.
It is rich with the highest medicinal values. She can heal all the sufferings of the people and can wash all the sins of a person, but if the person deserves it.
What is the meaning of divine energy?
In fact, the whole universe is energy, hence, called Bhramand, meaning God or supreme energy.
Supreme cosmic energy is a source of various other energies such as fire, water, air, earth, and sky.
All other energies present in the universe are derived from these five energies.
These holy energies are here to support the journey of the living being both on the earth and after the earth.
All these energies are the part of the play of God the same as the human being.
The descent of Ganga from heaven to the earth
The Great Goddess Mother Ganga and its Medicinal Richness
If a human has full faith, reverence, and devotion to the mother goddess Ganga then the holy water of Ganga responds to the human with the same love, care, and affection.
Ganga is not an ordinary river, but a divine river. It is godly energy that came on the earth to heal the people, nurture the people, and wash the sins of the people.
But to receive all these healings from the goddess Ganga first a person needs to deserve for it.
The person must have unshaken faith and respect for mother Ganga to get medicinal value from the Ganga river.
Ganga water is rich in the following medicinal properties:
- The water is always fresh, clean, and good to drink and cook food.
- The water improves the power of digestion.
- If dead bodies suffering from following diseases are thrown into the Ganga its water is capable to kill the bacterias of the diseases speedily:
- Chronic wounds,
- Any kind of fever,
- Malaria,
- Cholera,
- Plague,
- Asthma,
- Tuberculosis,
- Diarrhea, etc.
- Ganga river water can be consumed as a tonic to improve health.
- Ganga river water has an amazing power to kill the bacteria of various diseases, says researches done in India and abroad.
- After testing the medicinal richness of the goddess Ganga scientists found bacteriophages—virus. This virus destroys bacterias, kills germs, and makes the water fresh and clean.
- Ganga has a special property that if any bacteria mixed object is thrown into the Ganga, it immediately makes the object bacteria-free. But if its water is mixed in the already bacteria mixed water then it will not make the object bacteria-free. This is why, it is said, first put Ganga water in an empty pot and then add ordinary water into the pot.
- Ganga water destroys all the negativity of the place where we sprinkle it.
- The spiritual value of Ganga water is also very rich.
- Before departure from the physical world, a person has given to drink the holy Ganga water in order to make his or her journey comfortable in the subtle world too.
Ganga word is itself an amazingly healing word. It has a soothing impact on the heart, mind, and body when recited either internally or externally.
This is why not only Hindu uses it from ancient times, but other religions also use the water. King Muhammad Tuglak, Orangajeb, and King Akbar, etc., used its water to drink and cook food.
Hence, the goddess Ganga river is with you from the Satiyuga to calm your thirst whether you are in the physical world or in the subtle world after departing the body.
Now Goddess Ganga will leave the earth and return back to heaven
Due to growing sins and enmity in the Kaliyuga goddess, the Ganga river will revert back to heaven.
It is predicted in the Satiyuga by the Lord Vishnu. Ganga has already completed his time on the earth and soon will be disappeared from the earth.
River Padma (Goddess Laxmi) and river Saraswati (Goddess Saraswati) have already disappeared from the earth. Symptoms of the Ganga river departure from the earth are already started to visible.
According to the new research, Ganga water present near to Gangotri and Rishikesh is still bacteria-free. But the water near to Kanpur started to decay and causes diseases.
