Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
न हंतव्यो न हंतव्य इति सा शक्रमब्रवीत् । वज्रेण कृत्त्यमानानां बुद्धा सा रोदनेन च
na haṃtavyo na haṃtavya iti sā śakramabravīt | vajreṇa kṛttyamānānāṃ buddhā sā rodanena ca
Elle dit à Śakra : « Ne tue pas, ne tue pas ! » Réalisant qu'ils étaient coupés par le vajra, elle le comprit aussi à leurs pleurs.
Diti
Scene: Diti, anguished, implores Indra to stop as the vajra’s force divides the unborn; the cries of the nascent Maruts fill the air; Indra stands tense, vajra raised, caught between fear and remorse.
FAQs
Compassion protests violence; dharma is tested when power confronts vulnerability.
No tīrtha is newly praised in this verse; it remains within the ongoing Puṣkara-linked narrative.
None; the verse is a moral appeal against killing (ahiṃsā sentiment).