Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
वैदिकं कर्म चोत्सृज्य कथं सेश्वरतां व्रजेत् । तदुच्यतां महाविष्णो येन धर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः
vaidikaṃ karma cotsṛjya kathaṃ seśvaratāṃ vrajet | taducyatāṃ mahāviṣṇo yena dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
Si se abandonan los ritos védicos, ¿cómo puede alcanzarse una senda centrada en el Señor? Oh Mahāviṣṇu, explica aquello por lo cual el dharma queda firmemente establecido.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa, anxious about the collapse of Vedic order, asks Viṣṇu for a principle that secures dharma even if ritual forms are questioned; the moment is earnest and didactic.
FAQs
Dharma is not arbitrary; it seeks a firm foundation, traditionally tied to Veda and to a Lord-centered orientation.
Kedāra Khaṇḍa frames the teaching in the Kedārakṣetra milieu, but this verse itself is a philosophical query.
Vaidika-karma (Vedic ritual duties) is referenced as the contested practice; no specific rite is prescribed in this line.