Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative

समापतन्तं महिषाधिरूढं यमं प्रतीच्छद बलवान दितीशः। प्रह्लादनामा तुरगाष्टयुक्तं रथं समास्थाय समुद्यातास्त्रः।।

samāpatantaṃ mahiṣādhirūḍhaṃ yamaṃ pratīcchad balavān ditīśaḥ| prahlādanāmā turagāṣṭayuktaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya samudyātāstraḥ||