Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ततः स जनयामास देवाञ्च्छक्रपुरःसरान् । अदित्यां चैव दैत्यांश्च दित्यां स बलवत्तरान्
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa devāñcchakrapuraḥsarān | adityāṃ caiva daityāṃśca dityāṃ sa balavattarān
پھر اس نے ادِتی سے شکر (اِندر) کی قیادت والے دیوتا پیدا کیے؛ اور دِتی سے قوت میں زبردست دیتیہ پیدا کیے۔
Sūta (narrator)
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: Kaśyapa’s progeny divides: from Aditi arise the devas led by Indra; from Diti arise the powerful Daityas—foreshadowing future clashes and the controversial act against Diti’s embryo.
FAQs
Even opposing forces arise within one cosmic family; dharma is upheld by recognizing divine order and restraining pride and aggression.
Not directly; the verse sets up the mythic background that later anchors the merit of the local kṣetra.
None in this verse.