Synopsis

A wave of gratitude washed over Parvati as she thanked Mahadev for calming her troubled spirit. He confessed that freeing Ganga from Kali had demanded a considerable effort. Even now, he admitted, a shadow of Kali lingered, a lingering incompleteness in her return to being Parvati. What deep sorrow had stirred within Parvati, compelling her to depart Kailash?