A. Royden D'souza

Among Dakṣa’s daughters was Satī, child of extraordinary purity and strength. As she grew, her heart turned instinctively toward Śiva, the great ascetic, the silent lord seated on Kailāsa, who saw no difference between honor and dishonor, gold and dust, life and death.

Satya (Krita) Yuga In the earliest dawn of creation, when existence was still raw, trembling, and undefine, Brahmā opened his eyes upon the newborn cosmos. Vast emptiness stretched before him. The elements had formed, but life had not yet awakened. The worlds waited for minds that could perceive, shape, and sustain them. So Brahmā turned inward. From the stillness of his own mind, he created beings of pure thought. They emerged like sparks from his consciousness—radiant, wise