Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104
छेत्तारः संशयानां च लोभग्रस्ता व्रजंत्यधः । लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताश्च शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः
chettāraḥ saṃśayānāṃ ca lobhagrastā vrajaṃtyadhaḥ | lobhakrodhaprasaktāśca śiṣṭācārabahiṣkṛtāḥ
Selbst die, die Zweifel zerschneiden, stürzen hinab, wenn die Gier sie ergreift. An Gier und Zorn haftend, werden sie aus dem Verhalten der Gebildeten ausgeschlossen.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A debater cutting a knot of doubt with a sword of reasoning, but then slipping into a dark pit labeled lobha; beside him, figures of anger push him away from a circle of elders representing śiṣṭācāra.
FAQs
Greed can undo even intellectual clarity; virtue requires steady character, not only sharp reasoning.
No tīrtha is referenced; it is a character-based teaching.
None; it warns against moral decline through greed and anger.