Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104
नास्ति मातृसमं त्राणं नास्ति मातृसमा प्रपा । कुक्षिसंधारणाद्धात्री जननाज्जननी तथा
nāsti mātṛsamaṃ trāṇaṃ nāsti mātṛsamā prapā | kukṣisaṃdhāraṇāddhātrī jananājjananī tathā
母に等しい守護はなく、母に等しい憩いの庇護もない。胎内に抱き支えるゆえに「ダー トリー（扶養し保つ者）」と呼ばれ、産み出すゆえに「ジャナニー（母）」と呼ばれる。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), contextually addressing the sages (deduced)
Scene: A mother depicted as ‘Dhātrī’: one hand on her womb (symbolic), another offering water like a prapā to travelers; the son receives protection under her shawl-like ‘shade’.
FAQs
The mother is the highest protection and comfort, and her roles of sustaining and birthing are sacredly acknowledged.
No particular tīrtha is named; the imagery of prapā is metaphorical.
None; it offers devotional-ethical instruction through praise and definition of motherhood.