As soon as Ganga stepped on to heaven, the fame and glory of the Devtas started increasing. Devtas were praising Ganga. Just then Naradji appeared and told Gangaji that resident of the netherworld and demon king Andhakasur is very angry with the fact that the Devtas have kept her in the Swarglok (heaven). It was Andhakasur’s view that even the demons had a right over Ganga. He was jealous of the grandeur of Swarglok and he wanted to kidnap Ganga and take her to netherworld. Gangaji told him, “Don’t worry, for me demon king Andhakasur is like a son.” Here, Andhakasur ordered his army chief to prepare to attack Swarglok. Army chief told him that the three demons with illusive powers which sthe demons had was more than enough to attack Swarglok. The three demons with illusive powers named Jwalasur, Pralayasur and Shoshak comes and exhibit their strength. Andhakasur sends all three of them to kidnap Ganga.

Getting the news of his wife’s death, Shukracharya gets very angry and goes to his father and asks him to punish lord Vishnu. Rishi Bhrigu tries to pacify him but Shukracharya could not control his anger and unhappy with his father, comes back. Rishi Bhrigu prays Vishnu to always bless Shukracharya. Vishnu consoles him saying, “My blessings are always with Shukracharya and I will also tell Devi Ganga to shower her blessings on to Shukracharya.” Here, Shukracharya, while putting fire to his mother’s pyre vows to take revenge with Vishnu and other devtas.

King Bali’s ninety nine yagya are over and he donates to the Brahmins and beggars and starts preparing for the hundredth yagya. Worried with this, devtas go in to the refuge of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu solaces them saying, “You all don’t worry. Time has come for my Vaman incarnation. With this, all your problems will be solved.” Preparations are going on for the hundredth yagya. Lord Vishnu reaches the yagya place incarnating as “VamankUmar”. Bali thinks him to be a beggar and tells him to ask for anything that he wants.

Bahgirath observes penance for Brahmaji. Pleased with his penance, Brahmaji tells him to ask for a boon. Bhagirath asks him to send Ganga on to earth. Brahmaji tells him, “Devi Ganga will come on to earth but the speed of flow of her stream is very high and earth will not be able to hold it and havoc will be created on to earth. So, first you observe penance for Shiva and please him. Bhagirath goes for penance of lord Shiva. Pleased with his worship, Shiva acquires Ganga in to his matted hair and then releases one stream on to earth.

The adventurous and skilled King Bhagirath of the Isvaku dynasty was the son of King Dilip. Bhagirath’s ancestor King Sagar had performed an Ashvamedh yagya with a desire to win over the world. Lord Indra got scared with this yagya thinking that this yagya will take away his throne and so he stole the horse of the yagya and left it outside Sage Kapil’s ashram. King Sagar ordered his sixty thousand sons to get back the horse. All the sons wandered around in search of the horse. In the end, they saw the horse outside Sage Kapil’s ashram. Sagar’s sons thought Kapil to be the thief of the horse and insulted him. Sage Kapil was furious with this insult and reduced all sixty thousand sons to ashes.

Ganga, the most holy river of India starting from Gomukh, a place in the Himalayas and meets the sea in the Bay of Bengal near Ganga Sagar. According to one belief, the origin of Ganga was from the toe nail of Lord Vishnu. That is why she is also called ‘Vishnupadi’ which means "Emanating from the Lotus feet of Supreme Lord Sri Vishnu". There are several Hindu beliefs that give various versions of the birth of Ganga. According to one version, the sacred water in Brahma's Kamandalu (water-vessel) became personified as a maiden, Ganga. According to another (Vaishnavite) legend, Brahma had reverently washed the feet of Vishnu and collected this water in his Kamandalu (an oblong water pot made of dry gourd (pumpkin) or coconut shell or metal or wood of the Kamandalu tree usually with a handle and sometimes a spout. Hindu ascetics or Yogis use it to store drinking water. Seen in the hands of the deities the water in the Kamandalu represents Amrita- the exilir of life). According to yet another version, Ganga was the daughter of Himavan, King of the mountains, and his consort Mena; she was thus a sister of the goddess Parvati. Every version declares that she was raised in the heavens, under the tutelage of Brahma.

King Sagar was from the famous Isvaku lineage of Ayodhya. King Bahuk was the father of King Sagar. King Bahuk was vicious at the same time very adventurous. With the help of Taljandhas and Shakas, Bahuk had snatched away the kingdom of Haihaya family. On getting an opportunity, the Haihayas attacked Bahuk and took back their kingdom. Bahuk got very depressed with this attack and went away into the jungle with his wife YaDevi. Bahuk’s other wives were jealous of YaDevi and so they had poisoned YaDevi. This poison confined the child in the womb for seven years, and in the interim Bahuk died. The pregnant wife wished to ascend his pyre, but just then Bhriguvanshi (of Bhrigu lineage) Sage Aurva came there. He sympathized with YaDevi and took her away to his Ashram. Sage Aurva forbid her from ending her life predicting that she would give birth to a valiant universal monarch. "When the child was born, Aurva gave him the name of Sagar (SA, ‘with,’ and gar, ‘poison’).

Guru Shukracharya was the son of Bhrigu Rishi and Ushana, also known as Usha, the daughter of Hiranya Kashyap. Shukracharya was the preceptor of the Asuras, the demons. Shukracharya had been to Maharshi Aangrish for education but came back on seeing his favoritism towards his son Brihaspati. He then went to study with Rishi Gautam.

Later, Shukracharya undertook an arduous penance and invoked the blessings of Shiva. He asked for a mantra which would ensure that the demons never lost. Shiva agreed to do so, but Shukracharya would have to perform a certain ritual for a thousand years and live only on smoke during this period. Shukracharya began this ritual in order to get mantra from Shiva.