Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
न च लोभेन चर्तव्यं विषमस्थं तृणं क्वचित् । लोभाद्विनाशो जंतूनामिह लोके परत्र च
na ca lobhena cartavyaṃ viṣamasthaṃ tṛṇaṃ kvacit | lobhādvināśo jaṃtūnāmiha loke paratra ca
Handle niemals aus Gier, selbst nicht um eines Grashalms willen, der an einem gefährlichen Ort liegt. Aus Gier erwächst der Untergang der Geschöpfe, in dieser Welt und in der jenseitigen.
Mother (unnamed, within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: peak
Listener: Putraka
Scene: A blade of grass near a precipice or snake-hole; the child reaches, then withdraws remembering the counsel—visual metaphor for refusing petty greed in dangerous contexts.
FAQs
Greed is spiritually and practically destructive; even minor gains are not worth dharmic risk.
No specific sacred site is praised in this verse; it is ethical counsel framed within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; the verse warns against greed as a moral hazard.