I grant you a mantra by which you can summon any god to beget a son.
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Ch. 104
As a young girl in her father's house, Kunti serves the formidable sage Durvasa with perfect devotion. Pleased, and foreseeing a future distress, the sage gives her a secret mantra that can summon any god to grant her a son.
Ch. 113
Pandu, cursed and desperate for an heir, begs his wife Kunti to conceive sons through Brahmanas. Kunti reveals a secret from her girlhood: the sage Durvasa, pleased with her service, gave her a mantra to summon any god to father a child. She offers to use it immediately, asking Pandu which god to call.