Besides Ganesha and Saraswati, which other divine figures are saluted in Chapter 1, and what is their stated significance?

In addition to Ganesha and Saraswati, the invocations in Chapter 1 include salutations to several other divine figures. The author bows to the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shankar, who are presented as the creators of creation, preservation, and destruction and the forms of the Rajas, Sattva, and Tamas qualities. The chapter also mentions a bow to the family deity, Narayana, described as the primordial Lord who dwells in the ocean of milk and is the destroyer of sorrows. As narrated in Chapter 1, this Narayana is said to have manifested in the land of 'Konkan,' which was created by Parashurama, establishing a broad devotional foundation for the work.