Introduction
Pratipa is a king of the Kuru dynasty and the father of Shantanu and of Bahlika. In the tree he is the son of Kuru, and some generations between them are not recorded.
Family
Ganga's approach
In the Adi Parva, the river goddess Ganga came to Pratipa and sat on his right thigh, asking him to marry her. Pratipa replied that a person who sits on the right thigh is a daughter or daughter-in-law, and asked her to marry his son. She agreed, on the condition that no one would question her actions. She later married Shantanu.