Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
वित्तलोभेन यत्रैषा निविष्टा पञ्चभर्तृका । तथा च वचनं प्रोक्तं ब्राह्मणीयं भविष्यति
vittalobhena yatraiṣā niviṣṭā pañcabhartṛkā | tathā ca vacanaṃ proktaṃ brāhmaṇīyaṃ bhaviṣyati
য’ত ধনৰ লোভত এই ‘পঞ্চ-ভৰ্তৃকা’ নাৰী স্থাপন কৰা হৈছিল, তাতো ব্ৰাহ্মণ-সম্পৰ্কীয় বাক্য উচ্চাৰিত হ’ল; ফলত ই ‘ব্ৰাহ্মণীয়’ বিষয় হৈ পৰিব।
Unspecified (continuation of condemnation narrative tied to greed and ritual setting)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A patron offers wealth; priests pronounce authorizing words; the woman is ceremonially ‘installed’ near the altar; the scene hints at impending controversy, with onlookers whispering.
FAQs
When wealth-greed governs sacred or social decisions, it entangles even religious authorities in blame and downfall.
Not specified in this shloka.
None explicitly; it comments on greed-driven arrangements within a ritual-social context.
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