Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
हितैरमात्यैरथ सा विज्ञप्तारिष्टसंस्थिता । देवि राजार्थिनी चेत्त्वं त्यज दुष्टर्क्षजं सुतम्
hitairamātyairatha sā vijñaptāriṣṭasaṃsthitā | devi rājārthinī cettvaṃ tyaja duṣṭarkṣajaṃ sutam
तब हितैषी मंत्रियों ने, आशंका से घिरी रानी से कहा—“देवि, यदि आप राजा और राज्य का कल्याण चाहती हैं, तो अशुभ नक्षत्र में जन्मे इस पुत्र का त्याग कर दीजिए।”
Narrator voice (deductively: Skanda to Agastya), reporting the ministers’ counsel
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ministers, anxious and calculating, warn the queen to abandon the child due to an ‘inauspicious’ birth-star; the queen is shown troubled yet resolute.
FAQs
It presents a dharma-conflict: political prudence and fear of omens versus parental duty and compassion.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting frames the narrative, though the verse itself is a courtly episode without a named tirtha.
None; it is advisory speech concerning perceived inauspiciousness.