Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
सुप्ताथ सुचिरं वाते धिन्नो गर्भो मया तव । कृता एकोनपंचाशद्भागा वज्रेण ते सुताः
suptātha suciraṃ vāte dhinno garbho mayā tava | kṛtā ekonapaṃcāśadbhāgā vajreṇa te sutāḥ
“While you slept for a long time, O Diti, your womb was cut by me in the wind; and by my thunderbolt your sons were divided into forty-nine parts.”
Indra (Śakra)
Scene: Indra admits cutting Diti’s womb in the wind and splitting the sons into forty-nine with the vajra; swirling winds and lightning frame the confession.
FAQs
It highlights how actions driven by fear and rivalry can fracture what is whole, turning a single intention into many consequences.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it belongs to a mythic narrative explaining divine lineages.
None; the verse is purely narrative.