With the intention of making his ancestors go to heaven, O king, he obtained from him the boon that he would sustain Ganga (on his head).
अगृहणाच्च वरं तस्माद् गङ्गायाधारणे नृप। स्वर्गे वासं समुद्दिश्य पितॄणां स नरोत्तमः॥