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Gunadhya in his work Kathasaritsagara detailed that Goddess Parvati brimming with confidence sat by his side and told him, “Oh Lord of Lords! Oh, master of the universe! Oh master, please tell me who fathered Devavrata of Hastinapur?"

Lord Shiva replied, "Oh Goddess Parvati! Thy elder sister gave birth from the King Shantanu as I incarnated and bore the divine child Asta Vasu and Devavrata, the eight Vasu Prabhas, I after married Ganga as promised during the churning of Ocean."

Goddess Parvati was much pleased, hugged Lord Shiva, and said, "Glad I am, as our son Devavrata is key of the Mahabharata." the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Sri Vyasadeva appeared in the womb of Gandhavati through Sage Parasara, and he divided the one Veda into several branches and sub-branches, seeing that the people, in general, were less intelligent.