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They marched towards Daksha's sacrificial halls cheered by the shrill cries of Bhadrakali. Virabhadra picked up his trident and summoned an army, a cackling horde of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, genii, monsters, demons, dragons, freaks, fiends and spirits - the ganas of Shiva. They deprived me of Sati, let them be deprived of their lives”. Shiva ordered, “Go ravish the sacrifice - violate the fire, poison the waters, pollute the air and kill the gods. Virabhadra and Bhadrakali requested Lord Shiva : “What are we supposed to do? Give us the order". Bhadrakali looked ferocious with eight hands and powerful weapons. Virabhadhra was a huge monster like a mountain with thousand hands each carrying dangerous weapons. From the two pieces rose the ferocious Virabhadra and the terrible Bhadrakali. Shiva grabbed a lock of his matted hair and dashed it to the mountain. Upon hearing the news of his beloved wife's death, Shiva was furious that Daksha could so callously cause the harm of his (Daksha's) own daughter in so ignoble a manner. Sati, thus, committed suicide in front of the entire gathering of guests, relatives and gods by engulfed herself into the fire flame. I am ashamed of having this body produced from an opponent of Lord Shiva, like you." Unable to further bear the humiliation, and in grief for her beloved husband, Sati committed herself in the flames of Yagna agni (the fire of the Yagna). And you, O father, feel jealous of such an auspicious figure, holy, Lord Lord Shiva, who is soul of every living being. With anger she said "Even the mere name of Lord Shiva is enough to destroy all the sins of the humans. When Sati wished to know the reason for this, Daksha ill-treated her and disgraced Lord Shiva at her face. In fact, he ignored her completely and devoted all his attention to his other daughters. Daksha was not at all pleased to see Sati at the yagna. Finally, Lord Shiva too sent her with a lot of gifts and servants.
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In spite of Shiva's admonition, Sati finally traveled to her father's palace to attend the yagna. So, even you should not go there, because a humiliation by a near one may cause immediate death." However, Sati resolved that she would attend it, even without invitation of her father, thinking that she would safeguard her husbands honor by attending the jagna. I will not tolerate if he humiliates you. So it is not good if we both go there uninvited. I desire to see my beloved mother, sisters, and other relatives." Lord Shiva replied, "O beautiful Sati, though one may go without invitation to his parents' home, may visit teachers and siblings, one will not go to in-laws' home without proper invitation.
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If you wish, should we also go there to attend the yagna. Out of curiosity, she insisted her husband Lord Lord Shiva, "O Vamdev, your father-in-law, Daksha Prajapati has organized a grand yagna. She also learned about the grand yagya organized by her father Daksh. From her abode on Kailash, Sati saw all the gods going through air to the grand occasion. He did not invite Shiva or Sati, mainly to insult Lord Shiva. Once Daksha arranged for a yagna and sent invitations to all his other sons-in-law and their wives. Since their marriage, Lord Shiva and Sati lived happily in Himalayas. Although the Lord was initially reluctant, he married Sati against her father's wish. Daksha's youngest daughter Sati or Dakshayani was deeply in love with Lord Shiva, and begged the Lord to marry her. He hated Lord Shiva thinking that the Lord does not respect Daksha and his codes. According to Puranas, Daksha had no sons, but 84 daughters: 24 from his wife Prasuti and another 60 from his wife Panchajani (Virini). Daksha was a Prajapati, one of the Brahma's sons.
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Lord Shiva had been living as an ascetic in Mount Himalayas.