Parashara

In Hindu mythology, a legendary sage
who is the grandson of the sage
Vasishtha. He is credited with authoring
the Parashara Smrti, an important and
early work in the dharma literature.
Parashara is best known as the father of
the sage Vyasa, whom he begets through
a maiden named Satyavati. Satyavati
makes her living ferrying people across
the Ganges River, and although she is a
beautiful young woman, she always
smells of fish because her mother is a
celestial nymph who has been cursed to
live as a fish in the Ganges. Struck by
Satyavati’s beauty while she is ferrying
him across the river, Parashara creates
an artificial fog to give them the privacy
to have sexual intercourse. As a reward,
he gives her the boon that, from that day
onward, she will smell of musk instead
of fish.