Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
ययाविष्टः समुज्जह्रे वेदान्कूर्मो जगद्गुरुः । अनयाविष्टदेहश्च बुधो बौद्धान्हनिष्यति
yayāviṣṭaḥ samujjahre vedānkūrmo jagadguruḥ | anayāviṣṭadehaśca budho bauddhānhaniṣyati
Von jener Kraft ergriffen, hob Kūrma—der Lehrer der Welt—die Veden empor und stellte sie wieder her. Und mit seinem Leib, den eben diese Kraft durchdringt, wird Buddha (zu seiner Zeit) die Bauddhas bezwingen.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Scene: Śakti’s radiance enters Kūrma; Kūrma emerges bearing or lifting the Vedas from peril (often imagined from waters/abyss). A second vignette foreshadows Buddha as a divinely-empowered figure subduing misguided Bauddhas.
FAQs
Cosmic preservation of Vedic dharma is depicted as Śakti-driven; divine power works through forms to restore and regulate religious order.
No tīrtha is named; the focus is on mythic-dharmic history (Veda-protection).
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.