Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
इति संचिंत्य वरय वरं यस्मान्न शंकसे । ततः संचिंत्य दैत्येंद्रः शिशुतः सप्तवासरात्
iti saṃciṃtya varaya varaṃ yasmānna śaṃkase | tataḥ saṃciṃtya daityeṃdraḥ śiśutaḥ saptavāsarāt
“ฉะนั้นจงใคร่ครวญแล้วเลือกพรที่เจ้าไม่เคลือบแคลง” ครั้นแล้วเจ้าแห่งทวยอสูรได้ตรึกตรอง และกำหนดเงื่อนไขเกี่ยวกับทารกอายุเจ็ดวัน
Brahmā (contextually continuing counsel) / Narrator framing
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Brahmā urges the daitya to choose a boon without doubt; the daitya-king broods, calculating a condition involving a seven-day-old child.
FAQs
Cunning attempts to bypass cosmic law may succeed temporarily, but Purāṇic dharma shows that loopholes become the very path of retribution.
None; it is a narrative hinge leading toward Skanda’s emergence as the destined counterforce.
None.