Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले तीर्थं कोटीश्वरं परम् । यत्र स्नानं च दानं च सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ koṭīśvaraṃ param | yatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet
શ્રી માર્કંડેયે કહ્યું—નર્મદાના દક્ષિણ કાંઠે કોટીશ્વર નામનું પરમ તીર્થ છે। ત્યાં સ્નાન અને દાન સહિત દરેક કર્મનું પુણ્ય કોટિગુણું બને છે।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Koṭīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (King)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya ṛṣi teaching a king by the Narmadā’s southern bank, pointing toward a Koṭīśvara liṅga shrine; pilgrims bathe and give alms; a subtle visual motif of ‘koṭi’—many light-points—emanates from the shrine.
FAQs
Place matters in Purāṇic dharma: at exalted tīrthas, ordinary pious acts yield extraordinary, multiplied spiritual fruit.
Koṭīśvara Tīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā.
Perform snāna (sacred bathing) and dāna (charity) at Koṭīśvara for vastly multiplied merit.
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