Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
अर्थसंपद्विमोहाय बहुशोकाय चैव हि । तस्मादर्थमनर्थाख्यं श्रेयोऽर्थी दूरतस्त्यजेत्
arthasaṃpadvimohāya bahuśokāya caiva hi | tasmādarthamanarthākhyaṃ śreyo'rthī dūratastyajet
অৰ্থ-সম্পদ নিশ্চয় মোহ আনে আৰু বহু শোকৰ কাৰণ হয়। সেয়ে যি পৰম শ্ৰেয় বিচাৰে, সি ‘অৰ্থ’ নামৰ সেই অনৰ্থক দূৰতে ত্যাগ কৰক।
Kaśyapa (continuing from the immediately marked speech)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage in Prabhāsa instructs pilgrims: wealth appears as a glittering burden transforming into chains; the sea-wind of Prabhāsa and a distant Somnātha liṅga anchor the setting, while discarded coins turn to dust.
FAQs
If one aims at śreyas, one must treat excessive wealth as a trap producing delusion and grief.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the Māhātmya’s glory includes transforming worldly aims into liberation-oriented values.
No specific rite; it prescribes renunciation (tyāga) of wealth-driven attachment.