DEVI PRASOOTHI and DAKSHA PRAJAAPATHI

Devi Prasoothi is the second daughter of Swayambhoo Manu and
SathaRoopa Devi.

After Devi Akoothi got married to Richika MahaaMuni, now it is time to for Her parents to find a suitable husband for Devi Prasoothi. Manu and SathaRoopa approached Lord Brahma for advise. Brahma offered His Son Daksha as a suitable match for Devi Prasoothi. Now Daksha is complete contrast to His elder co-brother Richika. Daksha is very rich, a big land lord and full of pride and ego, opinionated,conscious of his self importance , dictatorial and prone to take sides.

Brahma thought when once Daksha gets married he will assume responsibility of a family man and become more down to earth. Let us wait and see.

Daksha is not destined to become a Rishi or a Muni or a Gothra Kartha ; he is earmarked to become only a Prajaapathi. Daksha and Prasoothi got married and Daksha became a Prajaapathi, father of nearly 100 children out of which 64 were daughters. Prasoothi became a Greatmother bringing forth all these multitude of children and it is apt to name Obstetrics ward as a PRASOOTHI GRUHAM . Daksha got all his daughters married off equally among DHARMA (son of Brahma), CHANDRA (son of ATHRI MAHAAMUNI and ANASOOYA DEVI), and KASHYAPA PRAJAAPATHI (son of one of Nava Brahmas MARICHI and KALA),AGNI DEV and PITHRU DEVATHA-BHAVA NAASHAK , Daksha is partial to some of his children. All his family members including his wife Prasoothi were afraid to cross him except his youngest Daughter SATHI DEVI. Nothing much is known about sons of Daksha and Prasoothi , probably they are PANDITHA PUTHRAS.

SATHI DEVI is the youngest Daughter of DAKSHA and PRASOOTHI. SATHI DEVI is an INCARNATION of AADI PARAASHAKTHI and it is only natural that SATHI DEVI fell in love with LORD SHIVA , who is a mendicant, inhabiting graveyard and very scantily dressed .

DAKSHA in his pride could not realize the greatness of SHIVA and is not very happy with SATHI DEVI's choice of SHIV DEV as HER CONSORT.

To add fuel to the fire, oneday when Daksha visited the court of BRAHMA, every one stood up to welcome Daksha except LORD SHIVA and Daksha became very angry and insulted SHIVA. Daksha could not change the mind of SATHI DEVI and he banished SATHI DEVI from his home. SATHI DEVI went away to live with LORD SHIVA. Daksha cursed CHANDRA as the latter loved ROHINI more than his other wives.

One day Daksha performed a Great ADHWARAM (Yajnam) and invited all celestials except SATHI DEVI and LORD SHIVA. Against the Best counsels of SHIVA, SATHI DEVI went to HER father's Yajnam uninvited and faced humiliation.