- Sati falls in love with Siva.
- I really loved this quote that shows Siva's character: "When he called Siva a beggar, Daksha Raj spoke truly, for among all the gods there was none so poor as Mahadeva, who owned the whole creation but had nothing it it to call His own, for He had given all to others and had for Himself only an ox." (page 2)
- Pages 3-4 give some really beautiful description about Sati and Siva enjoying a peaceful life together.
- Sati goes to her father's yagna that she was not invited to.
- Sati ends up dying because her father's disapproval of her choices. Siva is enraged and begins to destroy the world, but Vishnu helps to reverse this by putting pieces of Sati's body on Earth. These became temples of Siva.
"Sati shiva bishnu" from Wikimedia Commons
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Bibliography: Nine Ideal Indian Women: Savitri, Damayanti, Sati, and Uttara, by Sunity Devee.
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