Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
मातरस्तत्र राजेन्द्र संजाता नर्मदातटे । उमार्धनारिर्देवेशो व्यालयज्ञोपवीतधृक्
mātarastatra rājendra saṃjātā narmadātaṭe | umārdhanārirdeveśo vyālayajñopavītadhṛk
ឱរាជេន្រ្ទាដ៏ប្រសើរ នៅទីនោះលើឆ្នេរនរមទា ព្រះមាតា (មាត្រឹកា) ទាំងឡាយបានបង្ហាញព្រះអង្គ។ នៅទីនោះផងដែរ មានព្រះសិវៈ ជាព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃទេវតា—ដែលមានឧមាជាពាក់កណ្តាលនៃព្រះកាយ—ពាក់យជ្ញោបវីតៈដែលធ្វើពីពស់។
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Mātṛtīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājendra
Scene: On the Narmadā bank, the Mātṛs appear—multiple mother-goddesses in a semicircle—while Ardhanārīśvara Śiva stands nearby, half Umā, half Śiva, wearing a serpent as yajñopavīta; the river glints behind them.
FAQs
A tīrtha is sanctified by divine presence—here, both the Mothers and Śiva-Umā are revealed as guardians of the place.
Mātṛtīrtha on the Narmadā bank, associated with the Mātṛkās and Ardhanārīśvara.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse establishes the deity-presence and sanctity of the site.