As I understand it, Virabhadra plays a greater role in Lord Shiva’s story. After seeing Daksha slain, he (Lord Shiva) is remorseful and in an act of compassion brings Daksha back to life. That is the “saving” I was referring to.

I correct:
Nonsense.
Virabhadra was not created by Lord Shiva to “save”, for Sati had already given up her body (commited suicide) by self immolation invoking the fires within the body for the insult and insolence by her father Daksha.
How then, could Virabhadra “save” anything?
Virabhadra, which means “auspicious warrior” or “inauspicious warrior” depending on the interpretation, was created for wrath, for ruin, for vengenace, for chastisement.

When the wicked are punished for their transgressions and their overflowing cup of sin, then universal equilibrium is restored, justice is upheld, which in turn protects the very breath of the universe.

It is good that the wicked should die.

This “love light and peace” bull shit that is a new fad espoused by the modern pseudo-transcendentalists, who are posers, spiritual pimps, and intellectual prostitutes, is imbibed only by those cankered fools, who fail to notice that almost EVERY diety carries a weapon, and those few who do not are protected by legions who do.

True Aryans who have received a proper education are not deceived by flower language and pretty words.

Virabhadra was not only created to kill Daksha, which he did so expertly for Daksha’s power protected him from all weapons both material and celestial, but Virabhadra was intelligent, and he knew that by law of Justice, just as Daksha killed animals for sacrifice, so he too deserved to be killed as a sacrifice, karma, justice, what goes around comes around, and so Virabhadra dragged him by the hair to the beheading block for sacrificing animals, and not only did he cut Daksha’s head off, but expertly threw it in the fire as a precaution so that Daksha could not be revived. Furthermore, Virabhadra also put out the eyes, cut out the tongue, and ripped off the beard of 3 rishis who had made faces at, laughed at and scowled at his master Lord Shiva when he quietly walked out of the assembly hall rather than trade angry words with Daksha, and to PUNISH – not save – Virabhadra chastised them.

The rod of chastisement, personified by Yamaraja, upholds and maintains, protects the very life breath of the universe, for indeed, if chastisement did not protect, then no brahmina would ever have studied the Vedas and no maiden would ever have married, thus declared Bhishma pitamaha from the bed of arrows.

Finally, all the vedas proclaim, that women, just as sudras, have no intelligence, and are not qualified to give discourse on Dharma. Particularly, the Manusamhita and the Bhagavad Gita, as well as the Caitanya Caritamrita all declare this to be fact. Modern IQ tests, and commercial advertisements and marketing experts also know this fact, that is why in this fallen Kali yuga, laws are in favor of women because the asuras always want women to be free, and indeed when Satan wanted to attack Adam he did so through Eve, the weaker and less intelligent sex.
Should you wish to contest this truth, you must do so in the time honored tradition, with sastra, sruti, sadhu, and not your ahankar for indeed, you are no authority.

To punish, and slay, was Virabhadra manifested.

This modern eunuch language of the sheep, the thralls, the quivering, bleeting, heehawing modern wage-slaves, is not the timeless language of Satyam, sanata bhagavat dharma.

Indeed, violence is not only the historically proven best method of solving problems with finality and God’s Authority – nitir asmi jigisatam “of those who seek victory I am Morality”Sri Sri Bhagavan uvaca Bhagavad Gita, and also the reason why “trial by combat” has been and still is practiced since time immemorial – but indeed, righteous violence is indeed the precursor and prerequisite, the birthpains that are necessary for Life.