Himavat fathered
Ganga, the river goddess, as well as Ragini, and
Parvati, the second consort of
Shiva. His wife and
queen consort is the Vedic goddess Mainavati, the daughter of
Mount Meru, according to the
Ramayana, or is the daughter of Svadhā and her husband Kavi, a member of the class of Pitṛs, as per some other sources like the
Vishnu Purana. The
Shiva Purana describes the wedding between Himavat and Menā. The sacred text of
Devi Gita, which is found in the last nine chapters (31-40) of the seventh
skandha of
Devi-Bhagavata Purana, is a dialogue between
Parvati and her father Himavat. It deals with the universal form of the
Devi, meditations on the major texts of
Upanishads,
ashtanga-yoga, the
yogas of
jnana,
karma and
bhakti, locations of the temples dedicated to the
Devi and the rituals pertaining to her worship. His story also finds mention in
Brahmanda Purana and
Kena Upanishad.
Krishna once performed a
tapasya on the peaks of the Himalayas to appease Himavat, which led to his eldest son,
Pradyumna, being born to his favourite wife,
Rukmini. == References ==