Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
अन्यथा विदधात्येष मानवो बुद्धिवैभवात् । भगवत्या भवित्र्याऽसौ विदध्याद्विधिरन्यथा
anyathā vidadhātyeṣa mānavo buddhivaibhavāt | bhagavatyā bhavitryā'sau vidadhyādvidhiranyathā
انسان اپنی عقل کی نمود سے ایک طرح تدبیر کرتا ہے؛ مگر بھگوتی بھویتری، یعنی تقدیر کی الٰہی قوت، انجام کو دوسری ہی طرح مقرر کر دیتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A scholar-planner draws lines on a palm-leaf map, while above, a luminous feminine power (Bhavitṛ) gently rearranges the lines into a different pattern; the human looks up in acceptance.
FAQs
Human effort and planning are limited; the higher ordinance (vidhi/daiva) can redirect outcomes—hence cultivate surrender with righteous action.
No single site is named; it serves the moral-philosophical thread inside the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narration.
None.