Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
यो यं काममभिध्यायेत्ततः स लभते नृप । मातृतीर्थात्परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति
yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyettataḥ sa labhate nṛpa | mātṛtīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
اے راجا! وہاں جو جس خواہش کا دھیان کرے، وہی اسے حاصل ہوتی ہے۔ ماترتیرتھ سے بڑھ کر کوئی تیرتھ نہ کبھی تھا، نہ کبھی ہوگا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Mātṛtīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A king listens as a sage extols Mātṛtīrtha’s unmatched greatness; the riverbank glows; pilgrims meditate with saṅkalpa; a subtle aura suggests wish-fulfillment.
FAQs
The Purāṇic teaching exalts tīrtha as a concentrated field of grace where sincere intention and devotion ripen into attainment.
Mātṛtīrtha, declared unsurpassed among sacred fords in this passage.
No new rite is introduced here; it culminates the section with a phalaśruti proclaiming the tīrtha’s supreme efficacy for desired aims.