Nice shloka relating Ganga to Hari and Hara

[V Subrahmanian]

A verse that praises Ganga as having emanated from the feet of Vishnu and that has touched Shiva's head and flown to the earth from there. Let that Ganga which has become exalted by the contact of Hari and Hara purify me.

'गाङ्गं वारि मनोहारि मुरारिचरणच्युतम् ।
त्रिपुरारिशिरश्चारि पापहारि पुनातु माम्' ।।

A sweet rhyme with the word ' vaari' in the neuter throughout.

There is also a verse which connects Ganga to  Chaturmukha Brahma too, along with Hari and Hara, thereby being thrice blessed.

Om

[Raghav Kumar]

Namaste ji

Thank you for sharing that verse on Mother Ganga.

Sri MS Amma has memorably rendered the shloka quoted by you in her Kasi Vishwanatha Suprabhatam.

The shloka quoted by you is at 04.27 in the YouTube version of the hymn

https://youtu.be/uxDhQJusVpM

 There is another gem where incidentally, the waters of Ganga ji are compared to 'brahmadrava" or "flowing Brahman". It is likely Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa's often-used expression for the water of Ganga as "liquid Brahman" originated from such hymns. 

This is at 01.46 in the above YouTube link of Kashi Vishwanatha Suprabhatam.

ब्रह्मद्रवोपमित-गाङ्ग-पयः-प्रवाहैः
     पुण्यैः सदैव परिचुंबित-पादपद्मे ।
मध्ये-ऽखिलामरगणैः परिसेव्यमाने
     श्रीकाशिके कुरु सदा भुवि सुप्रभातम् ॥

Om

Raghav 

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[V Subrahmanian]

Thank you Raghav ji for sharing the link of the Suprabhatam.  I heard the rendering, especially the ones you had highlighted.

warm regards