Thread by @_ugra_

It is said in the Skandapuranam that Dhyana(meditation) gives Moksha in Satyayuga; in Tretayuga Dhyana & Tapas (penance) gives Moksha; in Dvaparayuga, Dhyana, Tapas and Yajnas are the causes of Moksha but in Kaliyuga it is bathing in Ganga alone that results in Moksha. #Ganga

It is said in the Puranas that even worms, insects & locusts that die on the banks of Ganga, the trees that fall into Ganga from the river bank, they all attain Moksha.

Shiva also says that naastikas with eyes spoiled by paapa see Ganga like an ordinary river filled with ordinary water.

There is a soild reason why there are innumerable Temples on the banks of wherever Ganga flows. Right from her birth in the Gangotri glacier to Pragaya to Kashi etc. It is said by Shiva that :

 गंगातीरे स्वशक्त्या यः कुर्याद्देवालयं सुधीः
अन्यतीर्थप्रतिष्ठातो भवेत्कोटिगुणं फलं

If a man builds a temple on the banks of Ganga according to his capacity, it has a benefit of several crores times more than that built at another Teertha.

Shiva says on seeing a man regularly engaged in bathing in the Ganga (गंगास्ना) ,यमकिकरा (servants of Yama) flee in ten directions like deer on seeing a lion.

Shiva says

One who undertakes a journey for the sake of Ganga snana, but dies on the way, gets the same Phala as the one who has performed the Gangasnana.

Shiva says yatha gauri tatha ganga tasmadgauryastu pujane. That Ganga is on par with Gauri. Hence all the puja vidhis that are applicable to Gauri is also applicable to Ganga.

Also read my post on the 12 Surya Teerthas of Kashi. 8 of which are located very next to banks of the Ganga. One among them is called Gangaditya. It is where Surya stood to welcome Ganga when Bhagiratha brought her down to Bhooloka from Shiva's Jata.

ugra1515.blogspot.com/2021/10/surya.…

There is also a Ganga Sahasranama mentioned in the Skandapurana. 997 names to be exact. Few of the names are very sweet sounding. Ganga is also called :

Amrutarupini(having the form of nectar)Kanchankshi(golden eyed)
Gambhirangi(having majestic limbs)
Gaanavatsala(fond of music)

Padmamalini(having garland of lotuses) Vegavati(rapid flow) Varishtha(the most exquisite) Lokadhatri(one who nourishes the world) Lakshanalaksita(possessing excellent characteristics) Hrishikeshi(one who controls the sense organs)

Agastya muni is told by Skanda that chanting the Ganga Sahasranama stotra with devotion is equivalent to performing Ganga snana for people who stay at far away places from Ganga. They derive the same benefits.