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
औदुंबरी म्हणाली—सावित्रीच्या विधानातून जे घडले आहे ते बदलण्याची आमच्यात काय शक्ती आहे? आज सर्व देव आणि असुर एकत्र आले तरी ते अन्यथा करू शकत नाहीत।
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.