Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
शक्र उवाच । सत्यमेतन्महाभागे यत्त्वयोक्तोऽस्मि सांप्रतम् । रात्रौ प्रविष्टः सुप्ताया जठरे तव पापकृत्
śakra uvāca | satyametanmahābhāge yattvayokto'smi sāṃpratam | rātrau praviṣṭaḥ suptāyā jaṭhare tava pāpakṛt
قال شَكْرَا: إنّ ما قلتِه لي الآن حقٌّ يا صاحبةَ الحظّ العظيم. في الليل، حين كنتِ نائمةً، دخلتُ—وأنا مُقترفُ الإثم—إلى رحمِكِ.
Śakra (Indra)
Listener: Sages (frame implied)
Scene: Indra speaks with head bowed, palms joined, admitting his sinful act of entering Diti’s womb at night while she slept; Diti listens, grave and controlled, the moment charged with ethical consequence.
FAQs
Even the mighty must confess wrongdoing; acknowledging pāpa is the first step toward restoration of dharma and tejas.
The verse belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter (Nāgarakhaṇḍa 22), but the tīrtha is not identified in this single verse.
None here; it is a narrative confession that prepares for subsequent boons and outcomes.