Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.41

c5.41

Several sons were born to Dakṣa by his wife Asiknī. The last one was a daughter named Satī who became the wife of Śiva. At this time Dakṣa performed a sacrifice. As he was not invited to that sacrifice, Śiva sent Vīrabhadra and Bhadrakālī and killed Dakṣa. Though the devas put the head of a goat in place of the lost head and brought Dakṣa to life again, no reference is made about the life of Dakṣa after the sacrifice. Thus the first stage of the life of Dakṣa ends. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 7).