At the foot of Mount Shona, known also as Pravala Mountain, a place of great sanctity was established. Here, I enshrined the Three-Eyed One, Mahadeva, and near my own hermitage, a holy and auspicious field took shape. With the sage’s blessing, the hermitage was duly accepted, and for its protection, Satyavati—who dwelled in the forest—was appointed guardian. She was instructed to watch over the entire sacred grove, ensuring its safety and sanctity. Satyavati immediately prepared herself for this sacred duty. She bound her hair into a knot and adorned it with mandara flowers. Setting aside her fine, swan-marked garment, as light as mist, she took on simple attire. Her fingers, so delicate that they could not even pluck flowers, and her limbs, as slender as a diamond needle, were soon scratched by thorns as she moved about the forest. Each morning, Satyavati bathed in the holy waters of the Kamala river. For her worship, she used water mixed with darbha grass, rice, sesame, and water from the sacred Gauri river. In a circle of sand, she invoked the Sun and offered him lotuses in reverence. She herself established a Shankara-linga and performed worship with devotion, using seat, image, root, and limbs, all dedicated to the Sun. Turning to the directions, she honored the planets, beginning with Soma, utilizing the sacred gestures such as the “gesture of the cow.” She sprinkled all the ritual items with the purest water, purifying them for worship. Having completed the external rites, she then undertook the internal worship, purifying the elements within herself. She placed the energies, starting from the left, upon the petals of the ritual diagram, and at the tips she invoked the solar and lunar penetrations. Above these, she established the circle of energies and the fivefold Brahma. With great care, she offered sandalwood, flowers, incense, lamps, and other auspicious items. In every direction, she invoked Indra and the vajra-bearing deities, performing their worship. She honored the five-faced forms and performed the ritual for Caṇḍeśvara, following the procedures prescribed in the sacred scriptures of Śiva, using only the most auspicious offerings. She arranged tubers, roots, fruits, and similar items for the rites. Her austerities were severe: she stood on the tip of her thumb, enduring the heat amidst five blazing fires. During the nights of rain, she remained steadfast, exposed to streams of water and the company of clouds. With her hands and feet she formed the shape of lotuses, and with her mouth she sang praises to the moon. She did not neglect the creatures of the forest, nourishing even the animals by giving them nīvāra rice seeds. For her ablutions, she used water from ālavāla fruits, drawn in beautiful pitchers. The daughter of the mountain circled the Śoṇa mountain in devotion. She recited the five-syllable mantra and sang hymns to Śiva. Every day, she bowed to the Lord of the Aruṇācala mountain, performing circumambulations and other sacred rites. Meanwhile, the enemy of the gods, disregarded by all, had destroyed the city of Indra. This being, who conquered all worlds and was a terror even to Siddhas and Vidyadharas, became unreachable even to the fiercest of curses. He corrupted the wives of sages and obstructed the path of righteousness. He was the servant of Hiranyakashipu, another as fearsome as Hiranyaksha. Then, taking on the guise of an ascetic woman, this being approached Girija. With feigned gentleness, she addressed her: “O timid one, why do you dwell here in this dreadful forest?