He will do what you desire for your ancestors." O king, having heard this, the great king Bhagiratha, went to the Kailasa mountain and gratified Shankara (Shiva). At the expiration of a certain time which he passed in severe asceticism.
स करिष्यति ते काम पितृणां हितकाम्यया। एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजन् महाराजो भगीरथः॥ कैलास पर्वतं गत्वा तोषयामास शंकरम्। तपस्तीव्रमुपागम्य कालयोगेन केनचित्॥