As he is Great and Ancient and is the fountain of life and the cause of its continuance and as his Phallic from is eternal, he is called Sthanu.
महत् पूर्वं स्थितो यच प्राणोत्पत्तिस्थितश्च यत्। स्थितलिङ्गश्च यन्नित्यं तस्मात् स्थाणुरिति स्मृतः॥१३३