Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
नास्ति मातृसमः पूज्यो नास्ति मातृसमः सखा । नास्ति मातृसमो देव इह लोके परत्र च
nāsti mātṛsamaḥ pūjyo nāsti mātṛsamaḥ sakhā | nāsti mātṛsamo deva iha loke paratra ca
لا أحد أحقّ بالعبادة والتبجيل من الأم؛ ولا صديق كالأم؛ ولا إله كالأم—في هذا العالم وفي العالم الآخر.
Narrator (contextual teaching within the dialogue)
Scene: A didactic tableau: a son with folded hands before his mother; the mother seated, serene, radiating a divine aura; subtle suggestion that she is ‘deva’ in human form.
FAQs
It elevates mātṛ-pūjā (honoring the mother) to a form of divine worship, extending its significance to both worldly welfare and afterlife merit.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides universal dharma within a pilgrimage-themed chapter.
Implicitly, worship and reverence of the mother (mātṛ-pūjā), though no formal procedure is detailed.