Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
विभेदमतयो नष्टाः श्रुतिस्मृत्यर्थबाधकाः । पाखंडिनो हैतुकाश्च सर्वे विस्मयमागमन्
vibhedamatayo naṣṭāḥ śrutismṛtyarthabādhakāḥ | pākhaṃḍino haitukāśca sarve vismayamāgaman
Aquellos cuya mente se aferraba a la división—los que obstaculizaban el sentido de la Śruti y la Smṛti—junto con los herejes y los meros disputadores, todos quedaron sobrecogidos de asombro, al derrumbarse sus contiendas.
Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As Harihara stands revealed, divisive polemicists—heretics and disputants—are struck silent in astonishment; their argumentative posture collapses before the living synthesis of the divine.
FAQs
Dharma rests on right understanding of Śruti–Smṛti; divisive polemics and hollow disputation collapse before true revelation.
Not specified in this verse; it supports the mahātmya by emphasizing correct dharmic vision.
None.