||Srimad Bhagavath
Mahapuran||
||Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya||
Chapter – 45– The legend of
Daksha Prajapathi – Devi Sati’s immolation - 2
The deities, Rishis, Sages
and people assembled were extremely distressed and expressed their grief “Oh!
Devi Sati who is the consort of Lord Shiva had the ill fortune; she lost her
body due to the ill manner of her father.
It is really bad luck for Devi Sati,
it’s the wickedness of Daksha Prajapathi who is responsible for all
the humiliation of Devi Sati who was deeply hurt by the deeds of her father.” Seeing this, the Ganas of Lord Shiva became
in a fury destroyed the entire Yagna arena.
Sage Bhrigu who was the priest performing the fire sacrifice, invoked
the deities and chased the furious Ganas of Lord Shiva, were returned in utter
failure.
Lord Shiva who is the
knower of All could witness all that happened in the Yagna of Daksha Prajapathi. Maharishi Narada arrived in Mount Kailash and
prostrated before Lord Shiva was enquired for the welfare as usual. Maharishi Narada informed all that happened
in the palace of Dhakshaprajapathi to Lord Shiva. He could not tolerate the separation from his
dearest wife Devi Sati, and the troubles to his Ganas. Lord Shiva in a rage produced boisterous
shriek of pain and agony, he opened the reddish-brown matted hair lock and
forcefully thrashed it on the ground. A
dreadful form Lord Veerabhadhra who has a massive appearance, black complexion,
adorned in a garland of the skull, disheveled matted hair locks, sparkling eyes that
releases the fire like Lord Surya, and holding trident, emerged out of one
of the layers of the matted hair lock. Lord Veerabadhra with folded hands asked “Oh!
Lord Bhoothanatha, kindly orders me! How could I serve you?” Lord
Shiva commanded him “Kill Dhaksha Prajapathi and his people who caused the
death of my dearest wife and humiliation of my Ganas.”
Lord Veerabhadhra
accompanied by Ganas arrived in the Yagna arena like a whirlwind, producing
boisterous shrieks and the sounds of the drum.
The entire Palace wrecked with the sounds and created devastation by the
Nandhi and Ganas. They ruined the entire
Yagna arena, and caused impurities in
the fire, all the deities, and Rishis and
Sage was started running out of the palace in fear were got wounded. They fastened Sage Bhrigu, Daksha
Prajapathi, and all his men, and punished them for disgracing Lord Shiva in
the assembly of Prajapathis which was held some time ago. They plucked the beard of culprits and set
into the fire, they plucked their eyes and broken their teeth, in this way they
took revenge on people who disgraced Lord Shiva. They mercilessly severed the head of Daksha
Prajapati, they twisted the head of him
and removed.
