Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
न पित्रोरधिकं किंचित्त्रिलोक्यां तनयस्य हि । गर्भधारणपोषाभ्यां पितुर्माता गरीयसी
na pitroradhikaṃ kiṃcittrilokyāṃ tanayasya hi | garbhadhāraṇapoṣābhyāṃ piturmātā garīyasī
மகனுக்கு மூன்று உலகங்களிலும் பெற்றோரைவிட உயர்ந்தது எதுவுமில்லை; கருவைத் தாங்கி வளர்த்ததால் தாய் தந்தையைவிட மேலும் வணக்கத்திற்குரியவள்.
Nārada (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Mātṛ-tīrtha (conceptual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vaiśvānara and narrative audience
Scene: A tender tableau: the mother seated with gentle gravity, father beside; the son bows, acknowledging the mother’s greater burden of pregnancy and nurture; Nārada’s presence sanctifies the teaching.
FAQs
Parents are supreme objects of reverence, with special emphasis on the mother’s sacrifice in pregnancy and upbringing.
No physical site; the teaching frames parents—especially the mother—as spiritually ‘greater’ than worldly attainments.
No explicit ritual; it implicitly prescribes honoring and serving parents, especially one’s mother.