Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे ललितोपाख्याने हिंसाद्यस्वरूपकथनं नाम षष्ठो ऽध्यायः इन्द्र उवाच भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं हिंसाद्यस्य तु लक्षणम् / स्तेयस्य लक्षणं किं वा तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne hiṃsādyasvarūpakathanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ indra uvāca bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ hiṃsādyasya tu lakṣaṇam / steyasya lakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ vā tanme vistarato vada
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the latter section, in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya, within the Lalitopākhyāna, is the sixth chapter called “The description of the true nature of violence and the like.” Indra said: “O Bhagavan, you have explained fully the marks of violence and the rest; what, then, is the mark of theft (steya)? Tell me in detail.”