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Sati and Uma
Althoug Shiva is worshipped
as the ruler fo the Three Worlds, his power, or
Sahkti, is represented by his wife, the Devi (Goddess).
Shiva married Sati against the wishes of her farher, Daksha.
When Daksha performed a ritual sacrifice invited all the Deva, but not Shiva.
Sati was hurt by the insult to her husband, and when she questioned her
father, received only harsh words. Sati, devastated, fixed her mind
on her Lord, and invoking the Tapas' flames immolated her body in them.
Sati, in her love and devotion to Shiva, took rebirth as Parvati
to be with Him again.
In other tales it is said that
Uma Haimavati (uma = light), looking at Shiva in despair for Sati's death, took pity
on His endless grief and revealed hersef
as Parvati, to comfort Him.
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