Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
दितिश्चैवाऽदधाद्गर्भं कश्यपान्मुनिपुंगवात् । ततः शक्रो भयं चक्रे ज्ञात्वा तं गर्भसंभवम् । वदतो मुनिमुख्यस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः
ditiścaivā'dadhādgarbhaṃ kaśyapānmunipuṃgavāt | tataḥ śakro bhayaṃ cakre jñātvā taṃ garbhasaṃbhavam | vadato munimukhyasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ
ദിതി മുനിപുംഗവനായ കശ്യപനിൽ നിന്നു ഗർഭം ധരിച്ചു. മഹാത്മാവായ മുനിമുഖ്യൻ നാരദന്റെ വചനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ആ ഗർഭസംഭവം അറിഞ്ഞ ശക്രൻ ഭയപ്പെട്ടു.
Sūta (narrator)
Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: Kaśyapa as serene ṛṣi; Diti with a subtle pregnancy glow; Nārada arriving with vīṇā to inform Śakra; Śakra’s face shifting from composure to fear—set in an āśrama grove with sacrificial fires and deer.
FAQs
Fear and insecurity arise when power is sought for rivalry; Purāṇas use such moments to show how inner agitation disrupts dharma and leads to further actions.
The verse continues the kṣetra-centered storyline (Diti’s vow and its fruit), but does not name the tīrtha explicitly.
None directly; it narrates the consequence of the earlier vrata—conception—and the ensuing reaction.