Some described him as as the of Maheshvara and some a that of Agni. Some spoke of him as the son of Uma or of Krittakas or of Ganga.
केचिन्महेश्वरसुतं केचित् पुत्रं विभावसोः। उमायाः कृत्तिकानां च गङ्गायाश्च वदन्त्युत॥