Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयो ये तथामलाः । कोटितीर्थे परां सिद्धिं सम्प्राप्ता भुवि दुर्लभाम्
tatra devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayo ye tathāmalāḥ | koṭitīrthe parāṃ siddhiṃ samprāptā bhuvi durlabhām
तेथे गंधर्वांसह देव आणि निर्मळ ऋषी यांनी कोटीतीर्थात भुवी दुर्लभ अशी परम सिद्धी प्राप्त केली।
Mārkaṇḍeya (continued)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha (associated with Koṭīśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial gathering at Koṭitīrtha: devas and gandharvas hover or stand with instruments, while luminous ṛṣis meditate near the Koṭīśvara shrine; the river glows, indicating ‘durlabhā siddhi’.
FAQs
Association with a great tīrtha purifies even exalted beings and grants rare siddhi—thereby encouraging human pilgrimage and practice.
Koṭitīrtha/Koṭīśvara tīrtha on the Narmadā, as introduced in this adhyāya.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse highlights the attained siddhi as the site’s hallmark fruit.