Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 106
देवतानां समावापमेकत्वं पितरं विदुः । मर्त्यानां देवतानां च पूगो नात्येति मातरम्
devatānāṃ samāvāpamekatvaṃ pitaraṃ viduḥ | martyānāṃ devatānāṃ ca pūgo nātyeti mātaram
ದೇವತೆಗಳ ಏಕತ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರರೂಪ ‘ಸಮಾವಾಪ’ವೆಂದು ಪಿತೆಯನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ತಿಳಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ದೇವತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಯಾವ ಸಮೂಹವೂ ಮಾತೆಯ ಮಹಿಮೆಯನ್ನು ಮೀರಲಾರದು.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), contextually addressing the sages (deduced)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: father as a vast ‘field’ (kṣetra) uniting many deities, while mother appears as a luminous, singular greatness surpassing multitudes—suggested through iconographic scale and radiance.
FAQs
It elevates the mother as supremely venerable—her greatness is acknowledged as unsurpassed even by divine assemblies.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a doctrinal praise of motherhood.
None; the implication is higher reverence and gratitude toward the mother.