Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कस्माद्दितेर्महेन्द्रेण कृतं कृत्यं तथाविधम् । येन संसूदितो गर्भः सर्वं विस्तरतो वद
kasmādditermahendreṇa kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ tathāvidham | yena saṃsūdito garbhaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada
Pourquoi Mahendra (Indra) accomplit-il un tel acte contre Diti, par lequel son embryon fut détruit ? Dis-le entièrement, avec tous les détails.
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Listener: Śaunaka and/or assembled ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame; specific listener not named here)
Scene: A questioning sage/king addresses the narrator, asking why Indra harmed Diti and destroyed her embryo; the scene is a narrative threshold before a long mythic flashback.
FAQs
Purāṇas invite moral reflection by asking for causes and consequences behind powerful beings’ controversial actions.
The inquiry continues the Śakra-samudrava tīrtha narrative thread introduced at the start of Adhyāya 22.
None; it is a request for the full backstory explaining the deed and its context.