Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
विष्णो त्वं कर्मणः साक्षाद्यज्ञानां परिपालकः । धर्मस्य वेदगर्भस्य ब्रह्मण्यस्त्वं च माधव
viṣṇo tvaṃ karmaṇaḥ sākṣādyajñānāṃ paripālakaḥ | dharmasya vedagarbhasya brahmaṇyastvaṃ ca mādhava
O Viṣṇu, du bist die unmittelbar offenbarte Kraft hinter dem rituellen Handeln, der Beschützer der Opfer. Du bist der Träger des Dharma, dessen Schoß der Veda ist; und du, Mādhava, bist Brahman und der heiligen Sache ergeben.
Dakṣa
Scene: Dakṣa offers a formal stuti to Viṣṇu: Viṣṇu depicted serene and radiant, holding conch/discus (or in yajñeśvara aspect), while the yajña pavilion glows—suggesting that ritual action is safeguarded by the sustaining deity.
FAQs
Ritual and dharma are safeguarded by divine guardianship; Vedic dharma is upheld through Viṣṇu’s protective power.
The setting belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, but the verse itself is theological praise rather than a tīrtha description.
Protection and preservation of yajñas (sacrifices) is highlighted as a divine function.