गङ्गाष्टकमिदं पुण्यंयः पठेत्प्रयतो नरः ।सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तोविष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥ ९ ॥
In plain words
Whoever recites this holy hymn of eight verses to Gaṅgā, with a clean and collected heart — that person is loosed from every sin, and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
Close to the Sanskrit
This holy Gaṅgā-octad — whichever man, self-restrained, should recite it, he, wholly released from all sin, goes to the world of Viṣṇu.