| Indeed, the life force or Shakti within each one of us is swaying, much like a snake, to the incessant drumbeat played by her consort, Kal, Time or Shiva. |
| In some cases a single female personating the Shakti is to be procured. |
| Such is the preliminary called the purification of the Shakti. |
| This is why, in India, woman has been described as the symbol of Shakti, the creative power. |
| The very first tale tells us that the active force behind creation was Parvati's Shakti rather than Siva's power. |
| The Great God thus addresses Shakti, when he asks her to describe the duties of women. |
