Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative

धनिष्ठार्धं शतभिषा प्रौष्ठपद्यांशकत्रयम। सौरेः सद्मापरमिदं कुम्भो जङ्घे च विश्रते।।

dhaniṣṭhārdhaṃ śatabhiṣā prauṣṭhapadyāṃśakatrayam| saureḥ sadmāparamidaṃ kumbho jaṅghe ca viśrate||