Skandapurana 7.13.3_173

7.13.3_173

gaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ divyāṃ yadi me tuṣyasevyaya .
mama kāmo mahādeva mṛtān pūrvapitāmahān ..3 9..
svargaṃ nayeyaṃ nirayāttārayitvātha tān40 śubhān .
teṣāmarthe mahādeva prayāsoyaṃ mayā kṛtaḥ .
prasādāttava te svargaṃ gaccheyurgaṅgayāplutāḥ ..8.127.40 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ .
uvāca rājaśārdūlaṃ sutuṣṭenāntanātmanā . .41 . .

the celestial Gaṅgā who flows along three paths, if you are pleased with me, O Imperishable One! / My desire, O Mahādeva, is to lead my departed ancestors / to heaven, having delivered those auspicious ones from hell. / For their sake, O Mahādeva, this effort has been made by me; / by your grace, may they go to heaven, bathed in the Gaṅgā.”
Sanatkumāra said:
Hearing his words, the Lord whose banner bears the bull / spoke to the tiger among kings with a thoroughly delighted mind: