Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
सावित्री लोकजननी पत्नी तस्य महात्मनः । गृहकार्ये समासक्ता दीक्षा कालव्यतिक्रमात् । अध्वर्युणा समाहूता सावित्री वाक्यमब्रवीत्
sāvitrī lokajananī patnī tasya mahātmanaḥ | gṛhakārye samāsaktā dīkṣā kālavyatikramāt | adhvaryuṇā samāhūtā sāvitrī vākyamabravīt
สาวิตรี ผู้เป็นมารดาแห่งโลกทั้งปวง และเป็นชายาของมหาตมะผู้นั้น กำลังหมกมุ่นอยู่กับกิจการเรือน; ครั้นเวลาทำทีกษาใกล้ล่วงเลย อธวรรยุพราหมณ์จึงเรียกนาง—แล้วสาวิตรีก็กล่าววาจานี้
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa yajña-sthāna (Sāvitrī episode locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sāvitrī, world-mother and wife of the great-souled one, busy with household tasks; the Adhvaryu urgently summons her as dīkṣā time is slipping; Sāvitrī turns to speak—poised, intense, and dignified.
FAQs
Dharma requires harmony between gṛhastha duties and yajña obligations—timely dīkṣā and proper participation sustain sacred order.
The episode unfolds in Prabhāsa-kṣetra during the Paitāmaha yajña connected to the local tīrtha tradition.
Observance of yajña-dīkṣā within its proper time and the formal role of the Adhvaryu in coordinating the rite.