Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
अदितिर्दितिर्दनुः काला दनायुः सिंहिका तथा । क्रोधा प्रोवा वसिष्ठा च विनता कपिला तथा
aditirditirdanuḥ kālā danāyuḥ siṃhikā tathā | krodhā provā vasiṣṭhā ca vinatā kapilā tathā
ادیتی، دِتی، دَنو، کالا، دَنایو اور اسی طرح سنگھکا؛ نیز کرودھا، پرووا، وسیٹھا، وِنتا اور کپِلا—یہ دکش کی بیٹیوں کے ناموں میں سے ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual, likely Īśvara continuing a genealogical account)
Listener: Skanda
Scene: A procession-like naming tableau: each daughter symbolized with an emblem—Aditi with solar aura, Diti with powerful shadow, Vinatā with bird motif, Siṃhikā with leonine sign—while sages recite names.
FAQs
The Purāṇas map the moral universe through origins: different divine and non-divine lineages arise from named powers, illustrating the complexity of dharma in creation.
Dharmāraṇya is the broader sacred setting; this verse supports the māhātmya by establishing cosmic context rather than describing a separate tīrtha.
No ritual instruction appears here; it is a catalog of names within a creation narrative.