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
ساوتری، جو لوک جننی ہے اور اُس مہاتما کی پتنی، گھریلو کاموں میں مشغول تھی؛ اور جب دیکشا کا وقت گزرنے لگا تو اَدھوریو پجاری نے اسے بلایا—تب ساوتری نے یہ کلمات کہے۔
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.