Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
धर्मस्य यस्य श्रद्धा स्यान्न च सा नैव पूर्यते । पापस्य यस्य श्रद्धास्यान्न च सापि न पूर्यते
dharmasya yasya śraddhā syānna ca sā naiva pūryate | pāpasya yasya śraddhāsyānna ca sāpi na pūryate
Aquele cuja fé se volta ao dharma, mas essa fé não se cumpre; e aquele cuja fé se volta ao pecado, mas nem isso se cumpre—tal pessoa permanece frustrada em ambos os lados.
Unspecified narrator (gnomic dharma teaching)
Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)
Scene: An introspective moral tableau: a person torn between dharma and sin, unable to complete either; symbolic split path—one toward a temple/river, one toward a dark alley—yet the person stands immobilized.
FAQs
A divided or unstable intention yields neither dharmic fruition nor even the satisfaction of wrongdoing—clarity of resolve aligned to dharma is essential.
None; this verse is a general dharma maxim rather than a site-mahātmya statement.
No specific ritual is prescribed; it addresses inner disposition (śraddhā) and karmic fruition.