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Gange Cha Yamune Chaiva — Sapta-Sindhu Bath Mantra in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 During the morning bath; and whenever water is sanctified for puja or abhisheka·📜 Traditional Snana-mantra (ritual purification verse)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Traditional Snana-mantra (ritual purification verse) · Traditional · Classical

This verse is among the most widely used Snana-mantras of the Hindu daily routine. India's seven great rivers are revered as living goddesses, and this prayer invites all of them — from the Ganga in the north to the Kaveri in the south — to enter the water before the devotee. By their presence (sannidhi) the water becomes sacred, so that the morning bath at home carries the blessing of bathing at the holiest tirthas. The same verse is used by priests to consecrate the kalasha-water for puja and abhisheka.

✦ As told in scripture

It is traditionally held that one who bathes daily with this verse, calling the seven rivers into the water, gains the merit of pilgrimage to every sacred tirtha — for where the rivers are invoked with faith, they truly become present, and ordinary water is turned into Ganga-jala.

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The Mantra

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𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌚 𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍇 𑌚𑍈𑌵 𑌗𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌰𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌿 । 𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌦𑍇 𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍁 𑌕𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌰𑌿 𑌜𑌲𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌿𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 ॥

Gange cha Yamune chaiva Godavari Saraswati Narmade Sindhu Kaveri jale'smin sannidhim kuru

Meaning:O Ganga, O Yamuna, O Godavari, O Saraswati, O Narmada, O Sindhu, O Kaveri — please be present in this water (and make it holy).

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇🔊GangeO Ganga (the river Ganges)

𑌚🔊chaand

𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍇🔊YamuneO Yamuna

𑌚𑍈𑌵🔊chaivaand also (cha + eva)

𑌗𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌰𑌿🔊GodavariO Godavari

𑌸𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌿🔊SaraswatiO Saraswati (river)

𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌦𑍇🔊NarmadeO Narmada

𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍁🔊SindhuO Sindhu (Indus)

𑌕𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌰𑌿🔊KaveriO Kaveri (Cauvery)

𑌜𑌲𑍇 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍🔊jale asminin this water

𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌿𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁🔊sannidhim kurube present, grant your presence / nearness

Benefits of Chanting Gange Cha Yamune Chaiva — Sapta-Sindhu Bath Mantra

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Sanctifies the water of one's daily bath, making it spiritually equal to bathing in the seven holy rivers (Sapta-Sindhu).

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Used in puja to consecrate the water for abhisheka, achamana and offering — a core part of Hindu ritual purification.

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Brings the merit (punya) of a pilgrimage-bath to one's own home, even when the sacred rivers are far away.

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Begins the day with purity of body and mind, and an attitude of reverence toward the life-giving rivers.

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Cultivates gratitude for water and the rivers as living, divine mothers.

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Short, easy to memorise and suitable for daily use by everyone.

How to Chant Gange Cha Yamune Chaiva — Sapta-Sindhu Bath Mantra

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Best TimeDuring the morning bath; and whenever water is sanctified for puja or abhisheka

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Recite once while bathing — ideally as you pour the first water over the head — or while sprinkling/consecrating the water kept for worship. As you chant, visualise the seven holy rivers flowing into the water before you, making it pure and sacred. The water may then be used for the bath, for achamana, or for offering in puja.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Gange Cha Yamune Chaiva — Sapta-Sindhu Bath Mantra written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is a Snana-mantra that calls upon the seven sacred rivers — Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu and Kaveri — to be present in the water one is using, so that an ordinary bath becomes as holy as bathing in all these rivers at once.

It is chanted during the daily morning bath, and also whenever water is being sanctified for worship — for abhisheka of a deity, for achamana (sipping), or for sprinkling to purify the space and articles of puja.

The Sapta-Sindhu (seven rivers) named are Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu (Indus) and Kaveri. Together they represent all the sacred waters of Bharat, north and south.