Chapter
1
Genealogical
Table of the Daughters of Manu
(6) The Lord and master
of all sacrifice who always longed for her, married and
His wife who was very pleased having Him as her husband,
gave birth to twelve sons.
(56) The gods said:
'Our obeisances unto the Supreme Original Personality,
who by his own external energy created the variety of all
existing that resides in Him the way masses of clouds are
found in the sky and who today has appeared in the form
of these sages in the house of Dharma.
Chapter
2
Daksa
Curses Lord S'iva
(18) 'The portion of
the sacrifice to the gods that the demigods have along
with Indra, Upendra [the younger brother of
Indra] and others, is not for the lowest of the
demigods to get.'
Chapter
3 Talks
Between Lord S'iva and Satî
(16) The great Lord
said: 'What you said, my dear beauty, is certainly true:
one can, even uninvited, go to friends, provided they are
not finding fault or, more important, are not of anger
being proud in their identifications.
Chapter
4
Satî
Quits Her Body
(24) Maitreya said:
'Speaking thus to Daksa in the arena of sacrifice, she
sat down in silence on the ground facing the north and
after touching water, she, dressed in saffron garments,
closed her eyes finding absorption in the process of
yoga.
Chapter
5
Frustration
of the Sacrifice of
Daksa
(14) Some pulled down
the pillars of the pandal while others invaded the female
quarters, the sacrificial arena, the residence of the
priests and the place where one was cooking.
(24) Then he saw the
device used for killing the sacrificial animals and with
the help of that he severed the head from the body of the
Lord ruling over the sacrifice being an animal of
sacrifice now himself.
Chapter
6 Brahmâ
Satisfies Lord S'iva
