Sloka:

Daksha, who with Siva’s blessings was brought back to life with the head of a goat, concludes the sacrificial rites properly, prostrates in front of Lord Siva and praised him thus.

For standing in front of me and

speaking with such arrogance

right now my servants will

throw you out, you understand.

 

Sloka:

Sathi, who ignored her husband’s words as she was keen to watch the sacrificial rites, having arrived at her father’s palace accompanied by Siva’s guards and surrounded by happy celestial women, was confronted by her angry father Daksha who spoke to her cruelly thus.

The cruel Siva dances at dusk and

is very powerful, I know that well

since I am extremely angry with him

I will not for sure give him his sacrificial share

 

No one need advice me on this,

I am not keen to listen to that.

 

O Great Sage, your arrival brings

great delight to me

 

Meeting admirable men is the only way

to remove misery and receive blessings

 

Why the sinless Narada, the great ascetic Vasishta

and sages such as the Sanakas didn’t come?

Lord Brahma is our common father and yet

why did they harbour this feeling? Alas!

 

 

Sloka:

Dakshan gets very angry on hearing that Siva has suddenly left with his daughter. He forgets that Siva is the Supreme Lord, and thinks of him merely as his son-in-law. Nursing a big grudge against Siva, Daksha spoke to the gods with contempt.

Sloka:

As Daksha entered the Kalindi waters that washes off one’s sins and took the conch sitting on the lotus leaf it transformed itself into a beautiful girl. Daksha, with unbounded joy, imagines that Siva’s consort has come as his daughter and hands over the baby to his wife.

Sloka:

One morning King Daksha went to bathe in the sacred Yamuna. He was wonder-struck by the beauty of the river.