Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative

नारायण उवाच। एवं भविष्यत्यसुर वरमन्यं यमिच्छसि। तं वृणीष्व महाबाहो प्रदास्याम्यविचारयन।।

nārāyaṇa uvāca| evaṃ bhaviṣyatyasura varamanyaṃ yamicchasi| taṃ vṛṇīṣva mahābāho pradāsyāmyavicārayan||