[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s2.318 # An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s2.318 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s2.318 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.318) it was called Pināka, and threw Uçanas into his mouth and swallowed him, and Uçanas began to wander there. Mahādeva entered the waters and remained there like an immovable stake of wood for millions of years. Then he rose from the mighty lake and Brahmán approached him. Çiva saw that Uçanas within his stomach (Nil.) had become greater in consequence of those penances of his. He once more betook himself to yoga-meditation. Uçanas, filled with anxiety, began to wander within his stomach, and to sing his praises; but Rudra had stopped all his outlets; at last he let him go out through his urethra. Thence he came to be called Çukra, and became unable to attain the central point of the firmament. Umā prevented Çiva from slaying him, and Uçanas became her son (XII, 290). - [Previous: c5.s2.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.317) - [Next: c5.s2.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.319) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.318) · Pramāṇa