THE WIVES OF THE SIX SAGES HAD BEEN TURNED INTO THE CONSTELLATION KNOWN AS THE KRITTIKAS OR THE PLEIADES, WHICH IS FOUND IN THE SIGN OF TAURUS. THE SEED DIVIDED ITSELF INTO SIX PORTIONS, WHICH AGNI TOOK AND PLANTED IN THE WOMB OF THESE SIX WOMEN. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE WOMB TO CONTAIN THE HEAT OF SHIVA'S SEED THAT GAD BEEN MADE EXTRAORDINARILY POTENT BY SUCH GREAT TAPASYA. PART OF THE FLUID SLIPPED ON THE TO THE EARTH AND TURNED INTO GOLD AND SILVER. DISTANT AREAS WERE TURNED INTO COPPER AND IRON AND ITS DROSS TURNED INTO TIN AND LEAD. IN THIS WAY SHIVA'S TEJAS TURNED INTO VARIOUS METALS. the sons of shiva.