Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
यद्यहं मातृभक्तोस्मि स्वामिनः शंकरादपि । तदा मे बुद्धिरत्रास्तु पीयूषहरणं क्षमा
yadyahaṃ mātṛbhaktosmi svāminaḥ śaṃkarādapi | tadā me buddhiratrāstu pīyūṣaharaṇaṃ kṣamā
Jika aku benar-benar bhakta kepada ibuku—bahkan dalam kewajipan melebihi kepada Tuanku Śaṅkara—maka biarlah timbul dalam diriku kefahaman yang benar di sini, agar pengambilan dan pembawaan amṛta itu dapat terlaksana.
Garuḍa (within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking interlocutor within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame
Scene: Garuḍa, inwardly resolute, prays for right understanding: his devotion to his mother is declared higher than even his allegiance to Śaṅkara; the moment is contemplative, charged with dharma-conflict before the amṛta-episode.
FAQs
Service to parents—especially a mother in distress—is upheld as powerful dharma, capable of invoking the clarity needed for difficult righteous acts.
The verse is within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred frame but does not itself praise a particular Kāśī tīrtha.
No explicit ritual; it emphasizes dharma as mātṛ-sevā (devoted service to one’s mother).