Shiva created Virabhadra from a lock of his matted hair, torn out in rage after Sati's self-immolation, to destroy Daksha's sacrifice and avenge her death.
Virabhadra and Bhadrakali together ravaged Daksha's yajna — he the warrior born from Shiva's rage, she the fierce goddess — routing the assembled devas and demolishing the sacrifice in retribution for Sati's death.
Virabhadra stormed Daksha's yajna at Shiva's command, routed the assembled gods, and severed the patriarch's head, casting it into the sacrificial fire as retribution for Sati's death.
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