shiva, gangadhara, bearing descent of ganga, goddess parvati, sage bhagiratha, , bull nandi on (circa 1740). it shiva s relationship ganga best-known in ganga theology. descent, avatarana, not 1 time event, continuously occurring 1 in forever falling heaven locks , being forever tamed. shiva depicted in hindu iconography gangadhara, bearer of ganga, ganga, shown spout of water, rising hair. shiva-ganga relationship both perpetual , intimate. shiva called uma-ganga-patiswara ( husband , lord of uma (parvati) , ganga ), , ganga arouses jealousy of shiva s better-known consort parvati. ganga shakti or moving, restless, rolling energy in form of otherwise recluse , unapproachable shiva appears on earth, showing how life on earth moving forward, never in same place. water, moving energy can felt, tasted, , absorbed. war-god skanda addresses sage agastya in kashi khand of skanda purana in these words: one should not amazed ... ganga power, not supreme shakti of eternal shiva, taken in form...