Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

विभेदमतयो नष्टाः श्रुतिस्मृत्यर्थबाधकाः । पाखंडिनो हैतुकाश्च सर्वे विस्मयमागमन्

Transliteration

vibhedamatayo naṣṭāḥ śrutismṛtyarthabādhakāḥ | pākhaṃḍino haitukāśca sarve vismayamāgaman

Translation

Ceux dont l’esprit s’attachait à la division—entravant le sens de la Śruti et de la Smṛti—ainsi que les hérétiques et les simples disputeurs, tous furent saisis d’étonnement, leurs querelles s’effondrant.

Word by Word

• विभेदमतयः: minds/opinions of division
• विभेदमतयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता (Feminine, Nominative plural; subject)

• नष्टाः: destroyed, vanished
• नष्टाः: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् (धातु) → नष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; विधेय-विशेषण (Masculine nominative plural; past passive participle used predicatively)

• श्रुति: revelation (Veda)
• श्रुति: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (Feminine; prior member of compound)

• स्मृति: tradition (Smṛti)
• स्मृति: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (Feminine; compound member)

• अर्थ: meaning
• अर्थ: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (Masculine; compound member)

• बाधकाः: obstructing, contradicting
• बाधकाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• श्रुतिस्मृत्यर्थबाधकाः: those who contradict the meaning of Śruti and Smṛti
• श्रुतिस्मृत्यर्थबाधकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + बाधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (those who obstruct the meaning of śruti & smṛti)

• पाखण्डिनः: heretics, hypocrites
• पाखण्डिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाखण्डिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता (Masculine, Nominative plural; subject)

• हैतुकाः: logicians, reasoners
• हैतुकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता (Masculine, Nominative plural; subject)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (indeclinable conjunction)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Masculine, Accusative singular; object)

• आगमन्: came, reached
• आगमन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; आ-उपसर्ग (Imperfect/past, 3rd pl, active; with prefix ā-)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Śruti
• Smṛti
• Pākhaṇḍins
• Haitukas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma rests on right understanding of Śruti–Smṛti; divisive polemics and hollow disputation collapse before true revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the mahātmya by emphasizing correct dharmic vision.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.