At the behest of Brahma, the lord Agni, approaching the river Ganga, threw into her that divine seed effulgent like the Sun.
स गङ्गामभिसंगम्य नियोगाद् ब्रह्मणः प्रभुः। गर्भमाहितवान् दिव्यं भास्करोपमतेजसम्॥