The Sati arc (Episodes ~20 to 60) is the show’s most heartbreaking masterpiece. We watch Sati, a princess, abandon the comforts of her father’s palace to live in the cremation grounds, meditating on Shiva. Her devotion is raw, painful, and pure. When Shiva finally appears to her—not as a resplendent king, but as a naked, ash-smeared beggar—she sees only her beloved.