शान्तनूपाख्यान (zAntanUpAkhyAna)
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Mahabharata
EnglishŚāntanūpākhyāna(ṃ) (“episode relating to Śāntanu”). § 162 (Sambhav.): The rājarshi Pratīpa spent many years in ascetic penances at the source of Gaṅgā. She sat upon his right thigh and wished him to be her husband. He replied that the left lap was for the wife, but the right for the daughters and daughters-in-law
therefore he accepted her for his son, to which Gaṅgā consented on the condition that his son should not be able to judge of the propriety of her acts. Then Pratīpa, along with his wife, engaged in ascetic austerities from desire of offspring, and when they had grown old, Mahābhisha (v. Mahābhishop.) was born as a son to them and was called Śāntanu, because his father had controlled his passion (śāntasya santānaḥ, v. 3882, cf. 3799). When Śāntanu had grown to become a youth, Pratīpa told him about his appointment with the celestial damsel, installed him upon the throne, and retired into the woods. Śāntanu, who was addicted to hunting, one day came upon the banks of Gaṅgā, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, and there he requested Gaṅgā, in the form of a lovely maiden, to become his wife (I, 97). (For continuation v. Bhīshmotpatti.)
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