Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) / Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind / CHAPTER EIGHTEEN / This chapter gives the history of Diti, the wife of Kaśyapa, and how she followed a vow to have a son who would kill Indra. It also describes how Indra attempted to foil her plan by cutting to pieces the son within her womb.