There was a devoted woman named Godavari, who every morning would do her Surya-namaskar b4 the day's events. One day, Surya, seeing her, decided that he wanted to possess her Dead So he went to the banks where she was meditating, and had a connection w/ her. At the end of it, he leaves, and Godavari wakes up lying on the ground, shocked Shocked
Godavari goes to her husband and tells him what Surya did. Her husband is disgusted, but blames her for being no longer chaste. They take it to a committee of rishis, who also judge Godavari as guilty Angry Godavari is then treated as an outcaste by the entire community - stoned @ random, prevented from drinking water or taking refuge in temples Angry. Finally, after running from pillar to post, she goes to a forest.
There, she builds her own funeral pyre Shocked and is extremely angry that she has been driven to the situation that she has to light her own pyre. However, Shani starts a rainstorm which puts it out. Godavari then asks whether she's so defiled that she can't even be allowed into Yamalok? Shani arrives and tells her that she's as pure as the Ganga, and that everybody who wronged her would be brought to justice. Godavari is just livid and demands to know from Shani whether she can get her chastity back, or whether he is going to reverse time to the point that she was still chaste? Shani assures her that if needed, he'll do that as well, but that she will be vindicated. He advises her to go to Rishi Gautama and get advice from him.
Shani then intercepts Surya deva, who is travelling in his time chariot that enables him to go from day to night. He confronts Surya on his behavior w/ Godavari, and tells him that he's violated the sancity of a deity-devotee relationship. Surya tells him this was his personal business, but Shani points out that it's not his personal business if Godavari didn't acquiesce. He gives him an ultimatum of 24 hours to fix things, and if he doesn't, Shani will punish him. Surya mocks him, saying that all life will come to a standstill if he's out of the picture.
In the meantime, Godavari arrives @ the ashram of Rishi Gautama, who understands her predicament, since he was the one who cursed Ahalya (this incident was b4 Rama touched Ahalya and liberated her, and so was probably in the Satya Yuga or Treta Yuga). Gautama tells her that he regretted cursing Ahalya for a crime for which she wasn't guilty every day of his life. Godavari asks her what she should do, and he tells her that she should meditate on Shiva.
In the meantime, Surya leaves, and the devas are worried about life on earth coming to a standstill. Varuna assures Indra that it wont, and that Shani will figure out how to punish Surya deva alone. Suddenly, Shani hurls a fireball @ Surya which takes him out of his chariot and captive, but the chariot still continues on its normal route, and so life on earth is unaffected.
Shani then tells Shiva to go and answer Godavari's tapasya. Shiva appears b4 her and tells her to build a linga @ the spot and meditate, and that she'd become a river. Godavari builds a linga, which looks like a crystalline glass linga LOL and then sits, and is turned into an ice statue. After a while, she melts, and a new river that flows down from that point is started.
Shani in the meantime has taken Surya prisoner, and hurls another fireball @ him that destroys his divine appearance (like w/ Kama in case of Narmada a few weeks ago). Surya has boils all over his body, and when he appears b4 the devas, Brahma, Vishnu, et al, all decline to help him. Finally he goes back to Shani and apologizes, but Shani tells him that he is guilty b4 Godavari, not Shani, and tells him to take a dip in the Godavari.
Surya accordingly goes and takes a dip in the Godavari river, and apologizes. Godavari emerges as a Godess, this time telling Shani that by repenting, he's taken the first step towards salvation. Surya then bows to her and then leaves. Godavari is happy @ being vindicated.
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