Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
विहाय मातरं चैकां सर्वमंगलवर्जिताम । तदाशिषमपि प्राज्ञस्त्यजेदाशीविषोपमाम
vihāya mātaraṃ caikāṃ sarvamaṃgalavarjitāma | tadāśiṣamapi prājñastyajedāśīviṣopamāma
Excepting only one’s mother, who is to be set apart with reverence, the wise should even reject the blessing of one who is devoid of all auspiciousness, treating it as though it were like a venomous serpent.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wise person respectfully receives the mother’s blessing while declining another blessing, depicted symbolically as a serpent near the rejected hand to match ‘āśīviṣopamā’.
FAQs
It prioritizes filial reverence to the mother while presenting a strict, omen-centered caution regarding ‘inauspicious’ associations.
No individual tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s ethical instruction stream.
No rite; it discusses accepting or rejecting āśīḥ (blessings) as a matter of conduct.