Shiva Mourns Sati (image source from Wikipedia)
In this reading, it talked about Sati being a consort for Shiva. Sati is the goddess Uma and the daughter of Daksha. When Shiva first saw Sati, he was impressed by her devotional practices and he wanted to marry her, but Daksha refused. Her father did not want Shiva to marry his daughter and always scorned at him. But Sati wanted to be with Shiva so she left riding on Nandi. Time went by, Daksha still continued on to insult Shiva. He just hated him so much and could not bear his daughter being with Shiva.
Sati decided to take matters in her own hands. She decided to cast herself into the fire and died. She wanted to be reborn as a daughter for a father that was worthy of her. When she casted herself, a huge fight came between Shiva's attendants and the demons loyal to Daksha. Shiva's attendants retreated to Mount Kailash to inform Shiva what had happened. Shiva was so furious that he knew he had to take matters in his own hand.
Shiva pulled out a single clump of his hair and created Virabhadra and Mahakali to attack Daksha.
Another fight broke out when Indra helped defend Daksha from Virabhadra and Mahakali. Vishnu also attacked Virabhadra but couldn't stop him. Virabhadra ended up tearing Daksha's head off and threw it in the sacrificial fire. Vishnua and Brahma convinced Shiva to revive Daksha to complete the sacrifice, but he would have a head of a goat.
Meanwhile, Sati was reborn as Parvati so she can be Shiva's consort again.
Kamala Chandrakant, Sati and Shiva, Link
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