But, then Daksha asked Jatta to make him another sculpture, that of Shiva as a dwarpal, which was made by Jatta. Jatta made a handsome sculpture of Satbish, thus making him handsome. To make Satbish handsome, he was advised by Lord Brahma to look for a sculptor named Jatta (who was in fact Lord Shiva himself). In order to keep Sati away from Shiva, Prajapati Daksh arranged her marriage with Satbish, a very ugly looking man. Then Mahadeva revived Chandrama from this curse of his by placing him on his head. When Daksh found out about it, he cursed Chandrama. But, Chandrama favored Rohini over Revati which eventually made her sad. Two of his daughters Revati and Rohini were married to Chandrama (the Moon Lord). He once imprisoned her in the Daksh Rekha also. But when he found out that she was in love with Shiva, he tried his best to keep her away from him. Prajapati Daksh’s youngest daughter, Sati was Goddess Adi Shakti‘s incarnation. He later married Prasuti, daughter of Svayambhuva Manu, and had many daughters, who married many devas and other rishis. He was angered and began disliking Lord Shiva, when Lord Shiva had cut off Lord Bramha’s fifth head. Prajapati Daksh is one of Lord Bramha’s Manas Putra. The Trimurti (Trinity) quarrels continued into feud with Daksha, Brahma’s son. She carries a number of weapons, with flames flowing from her head, and a small tusk protruding from her mouth. Although auspicious, Bhadrakali assumes a fierce aspect, and is represented with three eyes, and four, twelve or eighteen hands. His consort Bhadrakali also came into being by Mother Devi’s wrath. As an incarnation of Shiva, described as having a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet wielding a thousand clubs and wearing a tiger’s skin. Of skulls, and with four arms holding four different kinds of weapons. Veerabhadra is a warrior god who was worshiped during wars in ancient and medieval periods. The images of Veerabhadra depict the anger and ferocity of Shiva. Three temples are dedicated to Veerabhadra in the main: Perambalur in Tamil Nadu, Lepakshi Temple in Anantapur and the other in the town of Veerabhadra near Rishikesh. He is also the principal deity of Virasaiva movement and still worshiped by bhaktas especially in the Karnataka region of India. He is a form of Rudra-Shiva who created him to act as his henchman in his quarrel with Daksha. This fierce warrior’s story is simply a symbolism of ego-shedding. Veerabhadra is Shiva in ferocious mood, indeed Shiva manifested himself as Vira. Veerabhadra is part of Shiva’s Retinue, Shiva Pariwar, the other three being Nandi, Bhringi and Chandesvara.
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