Pleased with the asceticism of Bhagīratha, Lord Śiva receives the Gangā on His head and discharges it into Bindusarovara. Branching forth into seven streams it then accompanies Bhagīratha to Rasātala and liberates his forbears on the way.

Amśumān and his grandson, Bhagīratha, successively practise austerities for bringing down the Gangā to the terrestrial plane. Brahmā grants a boon to Bhagīratha and exhorts him to propitiate Lord Śiva and secure His consent to receive the Gangā on His head.

Under orders of Sagara his grandson Amśumān proceeds to Rasātala through the underground passage made by his uncles and, bringing back the sacrificial horse, tells the king about the fate of his uncles.

Brahmā reassures the gods by telling them that the sons of Sagara will be destroyed by the curse of Sage Kapila. The sons of Sagara in the course of their excavation arrive in the presence of Kapila and, behaving insolently towards him, are forthwith reduced to ashes by the fire of his wrath.

Indra steals away the horse released by Sagara as a prelude to his horse-sacrifice; his sixty thousand sons proceed to excavate the earth in quest of the horse and the gods in terror apprise Brahmā of this daring of theirs.

The narrative of King Sagara, a former king of Ayodhyā and a forefather of Śrī Rāma.

A detailed account of Kārtikeya’s birth through Gangā.

Gods interrupt the amorous pastimes of Lord Śiva and His Consort, Goddess Umā, on which She curses gods, including Mother Earth.

Crossing the Sona, Viśwāmitra and party reach the bank of the holy Gangā and spend the night there. Requested by Śrī Rāma, he narrates the story of the origin of the Gangā.

Kuśanābha performs a sacrifice for the birth of a son and is blessed with one, Gādhi by name; the glory of the river Kauśikī (the modern Kosi in Bihar).