"God creates the world as Brahma, sustains it as Vishnu, and destroys it as Shiva. One day, Shiva started to sing. Vishnu was so moved by the melody that he began to melt. Brahma caught the molten Vishnu in a pot. This was poured on earth. it took the form of the river Ganga. The Ganga nourished the earth. to bathe in the Ganga’s waters is to bathe in God."
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Anonymous, ', Ch. 110: Ganga Mahatmyya; in: Devdutt Pattanaik, Myth = Mithya (Penguin Books India, 2008), p. 6
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