[Advaita-l] Ganga descending on Shiva's head and thereafter - Valmiki Ramayana

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is an interesting description of the episode in the Valmiki Ramayanam:

One can just read the English translation of each verse.  The verses are
not proof-checked well.

https://sanskritdocuments.org/sites/valmikiramayan/baala/sarga43/bala_43_frame.htm

तत्र ऋषिगणगन्धर्वा वसुधातलवासिनः १-४३-२६
भवाङ्गपतितम् तोयम् पवित्रम् इति पस्पृशुः |

"And asserting that the water as holy, because it descended touching the
body of Shiva, viz., the head of Shiva, the assemblages of sages,
gandharva-s, and those that are residents on the plane of earth have sipped
that water at that place. [1-43-26b, 27a]