Vatapi

The daitya Ilvala asks a powerful brahmana for a son equal to Indra. When the brahmana refuses, Ilvala's rage turns into a systematic scheme of vengeance: he cooks his own brother Vatapi, feeds him to brahmanas, then summons Vatapi back from the dead — and Vatapi rips out of their bodies, killing them from within.

Ganga has descended to earth but needs a guide. King Bhagiratha leads her to the ashes of his ancestors — the sixty thousand sons of Sagara who were burned to cinders by a sage's curse — and with the river's sacred waters, he fills the ocean itself.

Pritha arrives before her father with wide-eyed wonder, and Kuntibhoja places a great burden upon her: she must satisfy the angry brahmana without hesitation. He reminds her of her noble lineage — born to Shura of the Vrishnis, sister to Vasudeva — and warns that if she angers the brahmana, he will burn down the entire royal lineage.