Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
नास्ति मातृसमः पूज्यो नास्ति मातृसमः सखा । नास्ति मातृसमो देव इह लोके परत्र च
nāsti mātṛsamaḥ pūjyo nāsti mātṛsamaḥ sakhā | nāsti mātṛsamo deva iha loke paratra ca
മാതാവിനെപ്പോലെ പൂജ്യൻ ആരുമില്ല, മാതാവിനെപ്പോലെ സഖാവും ആരുമില്ല. ഇഹലോകത്തും പരലോകത്തും മാതാവിനെപ്പോലെ ദൈവവും ആരുമില്ല.
Narrator (contextual teaching within the dialogue)
Scene: A didactic tableau: a son with folded hands before his mother; the mother seated, serene, radiating a divine aura; subtle suggestion that she is ‘deva’ in human form.
FAQs
It elevates mātṛ-pūjā (honoring the mother) to a form of divine worship, extending its significance to both worldly welfare and afterlife merit.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides universal dharma within a pilgrimage-themed chapter.
Implicitly, worship and reverence of the mother (mātṛ-pūjā), though no formal procedure is detailed.