Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कस्माद्दितेर्महेन्द्रेण कृतं कृत्यं तथाविधम् । येन संसूदितो गर्भः सर्वं विस्तरतो वद
kasmādditermahendreṇa kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ tathāvidham | yena saṃsūdito garbhaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada
دِتی کے خلاف مہندر (اِندر) نے ایسا کام کیوں کیا جس سے اس کا حمل ضائع ہو گیا؟ پورا واقعہ تفصیل سے بیان کرو۔
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Listener: Śaunaka and/or assembled ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame; specific listener not named here)
Scene: A questioning sage/king addresses the narrator, asking why Indra harmed Diti and destroyed her embryo; the scene is a narrative threshold before a long mythic flashback.
FAQs
Purāṇas invite moral reflection by asking for causes and consequences behind powerful beings’ controversial actions.
The inquiry continues the Śakra-samudrava tīrtha narrative thread introduced at the start of Adhyāya 22.
None; it is a request for the full backstory explaining the deed and its context.