Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
तद्ब्रवीमि मुनिश्रेष्ठाः शृणुध्वं श्रद्धया सह । पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे देवैर्नाशितपुत्रिणी । दितिः प्रोवाच तनयामात्मनः शोकमोहिता
tadbravīmi muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha | purā devāsure yuddhe devairnāśitaputriṇī | ditiḥ provāca tanayāmātmanaḥ śokamohitā
Itulah yang akan aku ceritakan, wahai para muni yang utama—dengarlah dengan penuh śraddhā. Dahulu, dalam perang antara dewa dan asura, Diti—yang kehilangan putera-puteranya dibinasakan oleh para dewa—diliputi dukacita, lalu berkata kepada puterinya.
Sūta
Tirtha: Devīpattana (narrative cause)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni-puṅgavas (sages)
Scene: Aftermath of a deva-asura war: Diti in sorrow, bereft of sons, speaking to her daughter; a somber maternal scene with cosmic battle imagery faintly in the background.
FAQs
Even sorrow becomes a doorway to dharma when redirected into tapas and sacred purpose—Purāṇic stories often turn personal grief into tīrtha-origins.
Indirectly, Devīpattana/Devīpura and Cakratīrtha—this verse begins the origin narrative explaining the site.
Listening with faith (śraddhā) is explicitly urged; further prescriptions are expected in the continuing narrative.