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''Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' is a television series based on legends featuring the Hindu God [[Shiva]], also knows as Mahadev (the great god). The show narrates the most famous of these legends, sourced from the [[Puranas]] and the work of well known mythologist [[Devdutt Pattanaik]],in an episodic fashion.

The story starts with the tale of Shiva's marriage with [[Sati (goddess)|Sati]]. Sati is a partial incarnation of the Supreme Goddess and is born as the daughter of [[Prajapati]] [[Daksha]], who is a staunch devotee of [[Vishnu]]. She is drawn towards Shiva against the will of her father. Shiva and Sati get married and start living in Kailash. Soon after Daksha organises a ''[[yajna]]'' where all the gods except for Shiva are invited. Sati is distraught as this slight, and against Shiva's wishes, journeys to her parental home to question her father. Daksha, drunk on his own power and piety insults Shiva in front of Sati. Torn with remorse on having ignored her divine husband's wishes Sati gives up her body in the fires which emanate from her own body - ''pranagni''.Some Cults of Hinduism Believe it to be ''Yogagni'' or the yogic powers of Adi Shakti. The grief-striken Shiva produces an ''aaveshavatar'' an incarnation of a fierce mood[[Virabhadra]], who slays Daksha. Later, on hearing the prayers of Daksha's wife he restores Daksha's life. A distraught Shiva leaves with burnt corpse of Sati and wanders around the universe. Vishnu with the use of his divine discus dismembers the body into pieces, scattering them on earth. Shiva transforms the pieces into [[Shakti Peetha]]s, embodiments of the power of the Goddess [[Adi Shakti]].

After an age, during which Shiva plunges into austere [[Tapas (Sanskrit)|tapas]], Sati is reborn as [[Parvati]], the daughter of [[Himavan]], king of the Himalayas and Mainavati. She is also the sister of the river-goddess, [[Ganges in Hinduism|Ganga]]. Parvati is raised in the hermitage of the [[Shaivite]] sage [[Dadhichi]], who instructs her. As Parvati matures, she is captivated by the thought of attaining Shiva himself as her husband. Gradually the memory of her previous birth as Sati awakens in her; and she undertakes the most severe of austerities to please Shiva. He is appeased and they are married in the presence of all the gods and goddesses.