आपस्तेऽङ्घ्य्रवनेजन्यस्त्रींल्लोकान् शुचयोऽपुनन् । शिरसाधत्त या: शर्व: स्वर्याता: सगरात्मजा: ॥ १५ ॥
āpas te ’ṅghry-avanejanyas trīḻ lokān śucayo ’punan śirasādhatta yāḥ śarvaḥ svar yātāḥ sagarātmajāḥ
- āpaḥ
- the water (namely, the river Ganges)
- te
- Your
- aṅghri
- of the feet
- avanejanyaḥ
- coming from the bathing
- trīn
- the three
- lokān
- worlds
- śucayaḥ
- being purely spiritual
- apunan
- has purified
- śirasā
- on his head
- ādhatta
- has taken
- yāḥ
- which
- śarvaḥ
- Lord Śiva
- svaḥ
- to heaven
- yātāḥ
- went
- sagara-ātmajāḥ
- the sons of King Sagara
The water of the river Ganges has purified the three worlds, having become transcendental by bathing Your feet. Lord Śiva accepted that water on his head, and by that water’s grace the sons of King Sagara attained to heaven.