Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
औदुम्बर्युवाच । का शक्तिर्विद्यतेऽस्माकं कृतं सावित्रिसंभवम् । अन्यथा कर्तुमेवाद्य सर्वैरपि सुरासुरैः
audumbaryuvāca | kā śaktirvidyate'smākaṃ kṛtaṃ sāvitrisaṃbhavam | anyathā kartumevādya sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ
អោឌុមបរីបាននិយាយថា៖ «តើយើងមានអំណាចអ្វី ដើម្បីបម្លែងអ្វីដែលកើតឡើងដោយបទបញ្ជារបស់សាវិត្រី? សូម្បីទេវ និងអសុរ ទាំងអស់រួមគ្នា ក៏មិនអាចធ្វើឲ្យវាផ្សេងទៅបាននៅថ្ងៃនេះឡើយ»។
Audumbarī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Audumbarī speaks with composed gravity, acknowledging Sāvitrī’s unalterable ordinance; a council-like setting with goddesses listening, the sense of a decree hanging over the scene.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma stresses the firmness of cosmic ordinance: certain karmic or divinely-rooted outcomes cannot be overturned by mere power, but only met through proper dharmic means.
Audumbarī’s sacred authority is implied; the verse emphasizes her truthful alignment with Sāvitrī’s higher ordinance within the tīrtha narrative.
None directly; it clarifies that changing the ordinance is not feasible even for suras and asuras, implying the need for the correct remedial path taught in the episode.