Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
पुत्रक्षेत्रकलत्रादिव्यापारैकरतः सदा । विहायाथ स गार्हस्थ्यं धनार्थं लोभ मोहितः । प्रचचार महीमेतां सग्रामनगरांतराम्
putrakṣetrakalatrādivyāpāraikarataḥ sadā | vihāyātha sa gārhasthyaṃ dhanārthaṃ lobha mohitaḥ | pracacāra mahīmetāṃ sagrāmanagarāṃtarām
তিনি সর্বদা পুত্র, ক্ষেত্র, স্ত্রী প্রভৃতি বিষয়ের কাজেই মগ্ন ছিলেন। পরে ধনের লোভে মোহিত হয়ে গার্হস্থ্যধর্ম ত্যাগ করে গ্রাম-নগরের মধ্যে ঘুরে এই পৃথিবীতে ভ্রমণ করতে লাগলেন।
Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (as point of departure)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Devaśarmā leaves his household, carrying travel gear, moving through dusty roads between villages and towns; his face shows worry and fixation on gain.
FAQs
Greed-driven pursuit of wealth, when it causes abandonment of one’s dharma, becomes the seed of suffering and later karmic downfall.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative backdrop, though this verse focuses on the character’s departure into worldly wandering.
No ritual is stated; the verse highlights the ethical obligation to uphold gārhasthya-dharma rather than abandon it for greed.