[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s3.484 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s3.484 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s3.484 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s3.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.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 - [Previous: v1.c5.s3.483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.483) - [Next: v1.c5.s3.485](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.485) - [Up: v1.c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.484) · Pramāṇa