Disregarding Shiva's warning, Sati went to her father's house to attend the great sacrifice. Thousands ofLord Shiva's disciples--ghosts, ghouls, and demons--accompanied her. 

When Sati reached the sacrificial arena, her mother and sisters received her well, but her father, Daksa, snubbed her. Then, seeing that the brahmanas were offering no oblations to her husband, Sati became extremely angry and said to Daksa, "Lord Shiva is the most beloved of all living entities. He has no rival, and he behaves equally towards everyone. No one but you could be envious of such a universal being, who is free from all enmity. My dear father, you are committing the greatest offense by envying Lord Shiva, whose very name purifies one of all sin. Because you have blasphemed him, I shall no longer bear this unworthy body, which has been received from you."