Having held Ganga, Hara (Shiva), the adored of all the worlds, went to that foremost of mountains Kailasa with the celestials. Coming to the ocean with Ganga, the king. Foiled in the ocean, the abode of Varuna with the greatest force. That king adopted Ganga as his daughter.
गङ्गायाधारणं कृत्वा हरो लोकनमस्कृतः॥ कैलास पर्वतश्रेष्ठं जगाम त्रिदशैः सह। समासाद्य समुद्रं च गङ्गया सहितो नृपः॥ पूरयामास वेगेन समुद्रं वरुणालयम्। दुहितृत्वे च नृपतिर्गङ्गां समनुकल्पयत्॥