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Shiva and Ganga
Mahabhisha requested Brahma granted Brahma that he, Mahabhisha, be born as the son of Kuru king Pratipa and his wish.

Lord Shiva pleased with his acts of austerity blessed him and incarnated as Shantanu. He saw Ganga on the banks of the river Ganges and asked her to marry him.

As she knew that, he was an incarnation of Lord Shiva agreed but with one condition: that Shantanu would not ask any questions about her actions. They married and she later gave birth to a son. However, she drowned the child.