The goddess Uma then interposed and forbade the angry lord of all creatures, viz., her consort, to kill the Brahmana. And on account of Uma's having thus prevented her lord from fulfilling his purpose, the ascetic Ushanas became the son of the goddess.
अवारयत तं देवी क्रुद्धं पशुपति पतिम्। पुत्रत्वमगमद् देव्या वारिते शंकरे च सः॥