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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.21.4

ధాతు: కమణ్డలుజలం తదురుక్రమస్య పాదావనేజనపవిత్రతయా నరేన్ద్ర । స్వర్ధున్యభూన్నభసి సా పతతీ నిమార్ష్టి లోకత్రయం భగవతో విశదేవ కీర్తి: ॥ ౪ ॥
dhātuḥ kamaṇḍalu-jalaṁ tad urukramasya
[dhaatuh kamandalu-jalam tad urukramasya]
pādāvanejana-pavitratayā narendra
[paadaavanejana-pavitratayaa narendra]
svardhuny abhūn nabhasi sā patatī nimārṣṭi
[svardhuny abhoon nabhasi saa patatee nimaarshti]
loka-trayaṁ bhagavato viśadeva kīrtiḥ
[loka-trayam bhagavato vishadeva keertih]
Word-for-word
dhātuḥ — of Lord Brahmā kamaṇḍalu-jalam — water from the kamaṇḍalu tat — that urukramasya — of Lord Viṣṇu pāda-avanejana-pavitratayā — because of washing the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu and thus being transcendentally pure nara-indra — O King svardhunī — the river named Svardhunī of the celestial world abhūt — so became nabhasi — in outer space sā — that water patatī — flowing down nimārṣṭi — purifying loka-trayam — the three worlds bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead viśadā — so purified iva — just like kīrtiḥ — the fame or the glorious activities.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dhātuḥ kamaṇḍalu-jalaṁ tad urukramasya
dhātuḥ
of Lord Brahmā
kamaṇḍalu-jalam
water from the kamaṇḍalu
tat
that
urukramasya
of Lord Viṣṇu
pādāvanejana-pavitratayā narendra
pāda-avanejana-pavitratayā
because of washing the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu and thus being transcendentally pure
nara-indra
O King
svardhuny abhūn nabhasi sā patatī nimārṣṭi
svardhunī
the river named Svardhunī of the celestial world
abhūt
so became
nabhasi
in outer space
sā
that water
patatī
flowing down
nimārṣṭi
purifying
loka-trayaṁ bhagavato viśadeva kīrtiḥ
loka-trayam
the three worlds
bhagavataḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
viśadā
so purified
iva
just like
kīrtiḥ
the fame or the glorious activities.
O King, the water from Lord Brahmā’s kamaṇḍalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vāmanadeva, who is known as Urukrama, the wonderful actor. Thus that water became so pure that it was transformed into the water of the Ganges, which went flowing down from the sky, purifying the three worlds like the pure fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Purport

Here we understand that the Ganges began when the water from Lord Brahmā’s kamaṇḍalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vāmanadeva. But in the Fifth Canto it is stated that the Ganges began when Vāmanadeva’s left foot pierced the covering of the universe so that the transcendental water of the Causal Ocean leaked through. And elsewhere it is also stated that Lord Nārāyaṇa appeared as the water of the Ganges. The water of the Ganges, therefore, is a combination of three transcendental waters, and thus the Ganges is able to purify the three worlds. This is the description given by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! The water from Lord Brahmā's pot, purified by washing the lotus feet of Vāmanadeva, became the water of the Gaṅgā. Falling down from the sky, it purifies the three worlds like the pure fame of the Supreme Lord. The water from his pot became purified by washing the Lord’s feet and then became the Gaṅgā. However, in the Fifth Canto it is mentioned that the Gaṅgā arose from the water outside the universal shell, which was pierced by Vāmana’s toe nail. Elsewhere it is said that the Gaṅgā is directly a liquid form of Nārāyaṇa. It should thus be understood that all three of these mix and become the Gaṅgā. This Gaṅgā falls (patatī should be patantī) in the sky and purifies (nimārṣṭi) the three worlds.
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