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Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī
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vrajantīḥ sarvato digbhya upadeva-vara-striyaḥ vimāna-yānāḥ sa-preṣṭhā niṣka-kaṇṭhīḥ su-vāsasaḥ dṛṣṭvā sva-nilayābhyāśe lolākṣīr mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ patim bhūta-patim devam autsukyād abhyabhāṣata
tat—then; upaśrutya—hearing; nabhasi—in the sky; khecarāṇām—of those who were flying in the air (the Gandharvas); prajalpatām—the conversation; satī—Satī; dākṣāyaṇī—the daughter of Dakṣa; devī—the wife of Śiva; pitṛyajña-mahotsavam—the great festival of sacrifice performed by her father; vrajantīḥ—were going; sarvataḥ—from all; digbhyaḥ—directions; upadeva-vara-striyaḥ—the beautiful wives of the demigods; vimāna-yānāḥ—flying in their airplanes; sa-preṣṭhāḥ—along with their husbands; niṣka-kaṇṭhīḥ—having nice necklaces with lockets; su-vāsasaḥ—dressed in fine clothing; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; sva-nilaya-abhyāśe—near her residence; lola-akṣīḥ—having beautiful glittering eyes; mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ—nice earrings; patim—her husband; bhūta-patim—the master of the bhūtas; devam—the demigod; autsukyāt—from great anxiety; abhyabhāṣata—she spoke.
TRANSLATION
The chaste lady Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, heard the heavenly denizens flying in the sky conversing about the great sacrifice being performed by her father. When she saw that from all directions the beautiful wives of the heavenly denizens, their eyes very beautifully glittering, were near her residence and were going to the sacrifice dressed in fine clothing and ornamented with earrings and necklaces with lockets, she approached her husband, the master of the bhūtas, in great anxiety, and spoke as follows.
PURPORT
It appears that the residence of Lord Śiva was not on this planet but was somewhere in outer space, otherwise how could Satī see the airplanes coming from different directions towards this planet and hear the passengers talking about the great sacrifice being performed by Dakṣa? Satī is described here as Dākṣāyaṇī because she was the daughter of Dakṣa. The mention of  upadeva-vara  refers to inferior demigods like the Gandharvas, Kinnaras and Uragas, who are not exactly demigods but are between the demigods and the human beings. They were also coming in planes. The