Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सूत उवाच । अदितिश्च दितिश्चैव प्रजापतिसुते शुभे । कृते पुरातिरूपाढ्ये कश्यपेन महात्मना
sūta uvāca | aditiśca ditiścaiva prajāpatisute śubhe | kṛte purātirūpāḍhye kaśyapena mahātmanā
Sūta berkata: “Aditi dan Diti—puteri-puterinya Prajāpati yang membawa keberkatan—pada zaman purba yang kaya dengan rupa-rupa keajaiban, telah diperisterikan oleh Kaśyapa yang berhati agung.”
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Kaśyapa, serene and radiant, with Aditi and Diti depicted as auspicious daughters of Prajāpati—set in an ancient, mythic landscape suggesting the dawn of ages.
FAQs
Sacred narratives often ground a tīrtha’s glory in cosmic genealogy, showing how dharma and conflict unfold across ages.
The verse sets the mythic prelude for the Amareśvara tīrtha narrative in this chapter, though the site is not named again here.
None; this is genealogical context introducing Aditi, Diti, and Kaśyapa.