मातृतीर्थं तथैवान्यत्सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् । यत्र ता मातरो दिव्याः कार्तिकेयप्रतिष्ठिताः
mātṛtīrthaṃ tathaivānyatsarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | yatra tā mātaro divyāḥ kārtikeyapratiṣṭhitāḥ
Lại có Mātṛ-tīrtha, ban cho con người mọi điều sở cầu—nơi các Thánh Mẫu thiêng liêng đã được Kārtikeya an vị và thiết lập.
Sūta
Tirtha: Mātṛ-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: A sacred tank/ford with a shrine platform bearing Saptamātṛkā icons; Kārttikeya (Skanda) performs pratiṣṭhā, placing divine Mothers in their seats; devotees approach with lamps and flowers.
Devotion to the Divine Mothers and honoring their kṣetra is portrayed as a means to fulfill righteous aspirations.
Mātṛ-tīrtha, sanctified by the establishment of the Mātṛkās by Kārtikeya.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s fruit (sarvakāma-prada).
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