The Purana Index v1.c5.s3.484

v1.c5.s3.484

Once Umā made a doll with elephant face and dropped it in the Ganges. It became a huge figure and was claimed as son by Umā and the Ganges respectively.⁹ Then Umā grew a tender Aśoka plant when Bṛhaspati and others told her that she would have a real son and that trees and dolls were no satisfaction;¹⁰ once she heard a yell of noise and was told of the play engaged in by Gaṇas, and then her eyes attracted Vīraka. She expressed to Śiva for a son like Vīraka. Śiva asked her to have him as her child. He was sent for and nursed by Umā.¹¹