Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
अत्रेदं परमाश्चर्यमाख्यानमनुवर्ण्यते । अश्रद्धा सर्वमर्त्यानां येन सद्यो निवर्तते
atredaṃ paramāścaryamākhyānamanuvarṇyate | aśraddhā sarvamartyānāṃ yena sadyo nivartate
यहाँ एक परम आश्चर्यकारी आख्यान कहा जाता है—कि मनुष्यों की अश्रद्धा से (धर्मलाभ और साधना की) प्रगति तत्काल ही लौट जाती है।
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A narrator announces a ‘paramāścarya’ tale; a symbolic scene shows a pilgrim’s merit turning back like a retreating river due to a dark cloud of aśraddhā.
FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) is essential; without it, sacred practices and their fruits can fail to manifest.
No site is specified in this verse; it functions as a narrative preface common in māhātmya-style sections.
None directly; it sets the doctrinal basis that rituals require śraddhā to bear fruit.