Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
श्रुतिस्मृतिविरुद्धं च कर्म सद्भिर्विगर्हितम् । जामदग्न्येन तच्चीर्णं कस्मात्सूत वदस्व नः
śrutismṛtiviruddhaṃ ca karma sadbhirvigarhitam | jāmadagnyena taccīrṇaṃ kasmātsūta vadasva naḥ
កិច្ចការនេះផ្ទុយនឹងស្រុតិ និងស្ម្រឹតិ ហើយត្រូវបានអ្នកសុចរិតទាំងឡាយរិះគន់។ ហេតុអ្វីបានជា ជាមដគ្ន្យ (ជាមដគ្ន្យៈ) បានប្រព្រឹត្តវា? សូមប្រាប់យើង ឱ សូតា។
Ṛṣis (the sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of brāhmaṇas/sages questioning the Sūta: one points to a manuscript labeled śruti-smṛti, another gestures in disapproval, demanding why Jāmadagnya performed a censured act.
FAQs
Dharma is measured against śāstra: even revered figures are examined through the lens of Śruti–Smṛti and the judgment of the righteous.
The inquiry continues within the Rāmahrada episode; the focus is on the reason behind the act rather than a new tīrtha.
No prescription; it raises a doctrinal problem—how a Śruti–Smṛti-contrary act could be attributed to Jāmadagnya.