Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
सार्धं तैर्गतवानिंद्रो दिगंते वायवः स्मृताः । ततः पुनश्च भर्तारं दितिः प्रोवाच दुःखिता
sārdhaṃ tairgatavāniṃdro digaṃte vāyavaḥ smṛtāḥ | tataḥ punaśca bhartāraṃ ditiḥ provāca duḥkhitā
Indra s’en alla avec eux; et on se souvient d’eux comme des vents qui se meuvent aux confins des directions. Puis Diti, accablée de douleur, parla de nouveau à son époux.
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa tradition: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)
Scene: Indra departs with the Maruts, who dissolve into streams of wind at the horizons; Diti turns back toward her husband, grief returning, her posture pleading.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives connect cosmic functions (winds, directions) with moral history, showing order emerging from turmoil.
None; the verse is cosmological and genealogical.
None.