Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
नावयोरंतरं किंचिद्दीपयोरिव सुव्रत । एनं द्वेष्टि स मां द्वेष्टियोन्वेत्येनं स माऽनुगः
nāvayoraṃtaraṃ kiṃciddīpayoriva suvrata | enaṃ dveṣṭi sa māṃ dveṣṭiyonvetyenaṃ sa mā'nugaḥ
நல்ல விரதனே! இரண்டு விளக்குகளின் தீப்பொறிகள் போல எங்களுக்குள் எவ்வித வேறுபாடும் இல்லை. அவரை வெறுப்பவன் என்னையும் வெறுப்பான்; அவரைத் தொடர்வவன் என் அனுசரனே.
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: suvrata (addressed listener; could be Skanda or a vowed interlocutor within the narrative frame)
Scene: Śiva explains with the lamp-flame simile: two lamps burning side by side whose flames appear distinct yet are of one fire; the moral injunction follows—hate one, hate the other; follow one, follow the other.
FAQs
Hatred toward one form of God becomes hatred toward the Divine; harmony in devotion is upheld as dharma.
No site is specified; the verse is a universal theological instruction.
No ritual is prescribed; the instruction concerns attitude and allegiance in devotion.