Ganga Saptami special story of the birth of mother Ganga

There are many beliefs about the origin of Maa Ganga, for the basis of the faith of Hindu culture. According to a belief, Ganga was born from the kamandal of Brahma Ji, the center of the faith of Hindus.

According to another belief, the Ganges descended from the feet of Shri Vishnu. Whose descent on earth, King Sagara’s sixty thousand sons, his descendants became the son of King Dilip, Bhagirath. King Bhagirath first pleased Mother Ganga to save his ancestors, after that, after worshiping Lord Shankar, he landed the best Ganga in the rivers and finally went to Kapil Muni’s ashram behind Mother Ganga Bhagirath and after the touch of Devanadi Ganga, the ancestors of Bhagirath [Sixty thousand sons of King Sagara] were saved.

Another story, according to the fifth script of Shrimad Bhagwat, King Bali went over the universe of Lord Vamana at the time of measuring the three steps. After washing the feet of God by Brahmaji there was a stream, she was divided into four parts touching their feet.

Sita👉 East direction
Alaknanda👉 South
Chakshu👉 West
Bhadra👉 North

It is known as Bhagirathi Ganga in the northern parts of Vindhyagiri. In Indian literature, two dates of the origin of Devanadi Ganga are described.

First – Baishakh month Shukla Paksha Tritiya
Second – Ganga Dashami of Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha
As soon as the Ganges water is touched, all sins are washed away in a moment. Devanadi Ganga, whose darshan, all sins are washed away because Ganga ji has come out of those feet of the Lord, whose goes into the shelter, all the tribulations disappear.

Ganga Saptami Puja Vidhi

On this day, Ganga bathing is considered to be very important in Brahma Muhurta. But those who are unable to go to the Ganges bath, they should take a bath by chanting Nim Mantra by mixing Ganga water in the north direction in the morning or in the north direction in the north direction.

Mantra: Gange Cha Yamune Chaiva Godavari Saraswati.
Narmade Sindhu Kaveri burns Asmin Sannidhim Kuru.

After this, establish the urn mixed with Ganga water on a red cloth in the north direction in the house itself. While chanting the mantra “Oon Gangayai Namah”, add a little cow’s milk, roli, rice, sugar, perfume and honey to the water. Now put 5-7 leaves of Ashoka or mango in the urn and put a water coconut on it. Now worship the said Kalash Panchopchar. Offer cow ghee lamp, fragrant incense of sandalwood, red Kaner flowers, red sandalwood, seasonal and jaggery.

After worshiping with the above method, chant this mantra of Maa Ganga- “Om Gan Gangayai Harvalabhayai Namah” 108 times.

On this day, to get rid of all your kinds of sorrows and sins, try to flow 7 red chillies from you in water.

According to Valmiki Ramayana, the detailed story of the birth of Maa Ganga as told by Sage Vishwamitra

According to the mythological scriptures, on the seventh date of Vaishakh month Shukla Paksha, Maa Ganga reached the shines of Shivshankar from heaven Lok. Therefore, this day is celebrated as Ganga Saptami. The day Ganga ji originated, the day Ganga Jayanti (Vaishakh Shukla Saptami) and the day Gangaji descended on earth is known as ‘Ganga Dussehra’ (Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami). Mother Ganga is worshiped on this day.

On the occasion of Ganga Saptami, by taking a dip in the mother Ganga, all the sins of man are washed away and man attains salvation. Although the Ganges bathing has its own importance, but bathing in the river Ganges on this day gives liberation in the end by killing ten sins.

Rishi Vishwamitra began to narrate the story like this, “Mountains were the extremely beautiful, Lavanyamayi and all -round girls of the Himalayas. Maina, the daughter of Sumeru mountain, was the mother of these girls. The name of the Himalayas was the name of Ganga and the little daughter’s name was Uma. Ganga was fulfilled by the very influential and extra -existence. The deity, influenced by this extraordinary talent, demanded her from the Himalayas.

On Vishwamitra’s saying so, Rama said, “Gay Bhagwan! When the gods took the Ganges to Surlok, how did he descend on earth and why is Ganga called Tripathga?” On this, sage Vishwamitra said, “Mahadev ji was married to Uma but no one of his children was born for a hundred years. Once the idea of ​​generating children came to Mahadev ji’s mind. When the gods including Brahma ji came to know about this idea, he started to think that who would be able to take care of Shiva ji’s children? As a result, the great intensity of Kartikeya was born in the world, so that Uma was obstructed by this conspiracy, he cursed the gods that he would never be able to become a father in the future. Wandering. Uma assured Ganga that she will try to make any arrangements for this.

“Son Rama! In your Ayodhyapuri, there was a king named Sagar. He had no son. Sagar’s chief queen Keshini was the daughter of the king of Vidarbha province. Keshini was beautiful, pious and truthful. Sagar’s second queen’s name was Sumati who was the daughter of King Arishtanemi. Taking both the queens, Maharaj Sagar went to a region called Bhriguprasravan in the Himalayas and started performing penance to get a son. Pleased with his penance, Maharishi Bhrigu blessed him that he would get many sons. One of the two queens will have only one son who will carry forward the lineage and the other will have sixty thousand sons. The queens should decide among themselves how many sons they want. Keshini wished for one son who will carry forward the lineage and Garuda’s sister Sumati wished for sixty thousand strong sons.

At the appropriate time, Rani Keshini gave birth to a son named Sprangs. A tamba came out of the womb of Queen Sumati, which came out of the small sixty thousand sons. All of them were raised by keeping them in a pitcher of ghee. Kalachakra passed and all the prince became young. The eldest son of Sagar was very vicious, and he used to enjoy the children of the city by throwing them into the Saryu River and drowning them. Sadh, saddened by this misconduct son, Sagar deported him from his kingdom. Confusion was a son named Anshuman. Anshuman was extremely virtuous and mighty. One day the idea of ​​performing Ashwamedha Yajna came to the mind of King Sagar. Soon he converted his idea into action.

Rama said to the sage Vishwamitra, “Gurudev! My interest is to listen to the sacrificial saga of my ancestor Sagara in detail. So please listen to this account and tell it completely.” On this way, the sage Vishwamitra was pleased and said, “King Sagar built a huge yagya pavilion on the green land between the Himalayas and Vindhyachal. Then left the Shyamakarna horse for the Ashwamedha Yagya and sent the mighty Anshuman to the army with the army to protect him. Fearing the possibility of the possible success of the yagna, Indra stole the horse by taking the form of a demon. On receiving information about the theft of the horse, Sagar ordered his sixty thousand sons to catch or kill the horse and bring back the horse. Even after searching in the whole earth, when the horse was not found, the sons of Sagara started digging the entire earth. Their work killed innumerable Bhoomital residents. While digging, they reached the hell. When the gods complained to Brahma ji of this brutal act of his, Brahma Ji said that these prince are doing so blindly in anger and item. The responsibility of protecting the earth is on Kapil, so they will do something in this subject. Even after digging the entire earth, when the horse and the thief who stealed him was not found, the princes informed their father. Angry, Sagar ordered to go to Hades and find the horse. While searching for the horse in Hades, he reached the ashram of Sanatan Vasudev Kapil. He saw that Kapil Dev is sitting with his eyes closed and that horse of Yajna is tied near him. He considered Kapil Muni as a horse thief and called many misdeeds for him and ran to kill him. The tomb of Kapil Muni dissolved due to these misdeeds of Sagar. He got angry and consumed all those sons of Sagar.

“When Maharaja Sagar did not get information about his sons for a long time, he ordered his stunning grandson Anshuman to locate his sons and horse. Veer Anshuman, decorated with the arms and walked towards the Hades on the same route which was made by his uncles.

Whatever the revered sage Muni found on the way, he reached the place where the ashes of his uncle’s ashes were lying ashes and the horse of the yagna was grazing nearby. He felt very sad to see his uncle’s ashes. He discovered the reservoir to offer them, but he could not see the reservoir anywhere. Then his vision fell on his uncle’s maternal uncle Garuda. Anshuman asked him with regards, Babaji! I want to offer them. If there is a lake nearby, please please tell it. If you know something about their death, then please tell me to tell me. ,
Garuda ji told how his uncles treated Kapil Muni, due to which Kapil Muni consumed them all. After this, Garud Ji told Anshuman that all these are consumed by a divine man with supernatural power, so they will not be saved by offering it with cosmic water, only it is possible to save them by offering the eldest daughter of the Himalayas. ,
Now you go back with the horse so that the sacrifice of your grandfather can be completed. According to Garuda’s knowledge, Anshuman returned to Ayodhya and narrated the whole account to his grandfather. Maharaja Sagar completed the yajna with a sad heart. They wanted to bring Ganga to earth to save their sons, but they did not think of any tactic to do so. ”

Rishi Vishwamitra, after a little, said, “After the death of Maharaj Sagara, Anshuman started ruling with great justice. Anshuman’s ultimate impact son Dileep came. After Dilip became an adult, Anshuman Dilip was handed over the burden of the state and went to the Himalayas and started doing penance to please the Ganges, but he could not get success and he was successful. Here, when Bhagiratha, the religious son of King Dilip, grew up, Dileep also went to do penance to bring Ganga to earth by handing him the weight of the kingdom. But they also did not get the desired results. Bhagiratha was a very Prajavatsal King, but he had no children. On this, he handed over the weight of his kingdom to the ministers and started doing harsh penance for Gangavaran himself. Pleased with his unprecedented penance, Brahma ji asked him to ask for a bride. Bhagiratha told Brahma Ji, O Lord! If you are happy with me, then give me this bride that the sons of Sagar get the water of Ganga from my efforts so that they can be saved. Apart from this, give me the bride of getting children so that the Ikshvaku dynasty is not destroyed. Brahma Ji said that your desire of children will be fulfilled soon, but the difficulty in giving your first boon is that when Ganga ji comes to the earth with velocity, the earth will not be able to handle her velocity. There is no ability to handle Ganga ji’s velocity. For this you have to please Mahadev ji. After saying this, Brahma ji went to his world.

“Bhagiratha did not give up courage. He kept standing with the help of a leg for a year and kept doing penance of Mahadev ji. He did not devour anything other than air. In the end, Mahadev Ji, pleased with this great devotion, said that Maha Bhagirath said that O Bhaktashresh! We will wear Ganga ji on his head to fulfill your wish. At that time, she did not want to go anywhere from Surlok, so she thought that I would take Shiva ji to the Patal Lok with my fierce velocity, she descended on Shiva’s head with a terrible speed. His ego was not hidden from Shiva due to this ventricular descent of Ganga. Mahadev ji confused the Ganges’ streams in his jatajoot. Ganga ji could not get out of Mahadev ji’s jatas even after all her efforts. Seeing Ganga ji merging into Shiva’s jatas, Bhagiratha then did penance to Shankar. Pleased with this penance of Bhagiratha, Lord Shankar left Ganga ji in Bindusar located on the Himalayan mountain. As soon as he left, Ganga ji was divided into seven streams. The three streams of Ganga ji flowed towards Hladini, Pavani and Nalini east. Three streams named Suchakshu, Sita and Sindhu followed the west and behind Maharaj Bhagiratha. Wherever Bhagirath used to go, Ganga used to go there. Dev, Yaksha, Kinnar, Rishi-Muni etc. were gathering at the place to welcome them. Whoever touched that water, was freed from the blessings. While walking, Ganga ji reached the place where the sage Jahnu was performing the yagna. Ganga ji, with her speed, started taking her yagyashala with full material. This made the sage very angry and got angry and drank all the water of Ganga. Seeing this, all the sages were very astonishing and they started praising Ganga ji to liberate them. Pleased with his praise, Jahnu Rishi removed Ganga ji from his ears and accepted him as his daughter. Since then Ganga started being called Jahnavi. After this, she reached the sea while walking behind Bhagiratha and from there she went to the abyss to save the sons of Sagar. The sons of Sagar, who were devoured by the touch of his water, went to heaven and went to heaven. From that day onwards, Ganga has three names, Tripathga, Jahnavi and Bhagirathi.

Maa Ganga Stotra with Hindi translation

devee! sureshvaree! bhagavatee! gange!

tribhuvanataarini taralatarange. shankaramauleevihaarini vimale mam matiraastaan tav padakamale .1.

O Goddess! Sureshwari! Bhagwati Ganga! You are the one who saves the three worlds. O Mother who is full of pure waves and roams on the head of Mahadev Shankar! My mind is always focused on your lotus feet.