Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
विभेदमतयो नष्टाः श्रुतिस्मृत्यर्थबाधकाः । पाखंडिनो हैतुकाश्च सर्वे विस्मयमागमन्
vibhedamatayo naṣṭāḥ śrutismṛtyarthabādhakāḥ | pākhaṃḍino haitukāśca sarve vismayamāgaman
Mereka yang fikirannya terpaut pada perpecahan—yang menghalang makna Śruti dan Smṛti—bersama para penganut ajaran sesat dan para pendebat yang hanya bersandar pada hujah kosong, semuanya jatuh ke dalam kehairanan, apabila pertikaian mereka runtuh.
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.