Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
यो यं काममभिध्यायेत्ततः स लभते नृप । मातृतीर्थात्परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति
yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyettataḥ sa labhate nṛpa | mātṛtīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
Welchen Wunsch man dort auch im Herzen erwägt, den erlangt man, o König. Ein Tīrtha größer als Mātṛtīrtha hat es nie gegeben und wird es niemals geben.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Mātṛtīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A king listens as a sage extols Mātṛtīrtha’s unmatched greatness; the riverbank glows; pilgrims meditate with saṅkalpa; a subtle aura suggests wish-fulfillment.
FAQs
The Purāṇic teaching exalts tīrtha as a concentrated field of grace where sincere intention and devotion ripen into attainment.
Mātṛtīrtha, declared unsurpassed among sacred fords in this passage.
No new rite is introduced here; it culminates the section with a phalaśruti proclaiming the tīrtha’s supreme efficacy for desired aims.