सप्तमी चान्वगात् तासां भगीरथरथं तदा। भगीरथोऽपि राजर्षिदिव्यं स्यन्दनमास्थितः॥ प्रायादग्रे महातेजा गङ्गा तं चाप्यनुव्रजत्। गगनाच्छंकरशिरस्ततो धरणिमागता ॥
saptamī cānvagāt tāsāṃ bhagīratharathaṃ tadā| bhagīratho'pi rājarṣidivyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ|| prāyādagre mahātejā gaṅgā taṃ cāpyanuvrajat| gaganācchaṃkaraśirastato dharaṇimāgatā ||
English Meaning
And the seventh followed Bhagiratha's car. And that royal saint, the exceedingly puissant Bhagiratha, mounted on a superb car, went before; and Gariga followed him. And she descended from the welkin upon Sankara's head, thence alighting upon the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)