Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
देवस्वहरणश्चैव ब्रह्मस्वहरणस्तथा । स्वर्णस्तेय इति त्वेते लोभस्य तनयाः स्मृताः
devasvaharaṇaścaiva brahmasvaharaṇastathā | svarṇasteya iti tvete lobhasya tanayāḥ smṛtāḥ
“Stealing what belongs to the Devas, stealing what belongs to Brahmins, and the theft of gold”—these three are remembered as the sons born of Greed (Lobha).
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A didactic tableau: personified Lobha as a dark, grasping figure giving rise to three shadowy offspring labeled devasva-harana, brahmasva-harana, and suvarna-steya; behind them, a moral scale and the looming gate of Naraka.
FAQs
Greed manifests as grave forms of theft, especially against sacred and learned communities, and is condemned as a root of major sin.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the passage is primarily ethical and doctrinal, later linking to the purifying force of Rudra-related recitation.
None directly in this verse; it sets up the later contrast between sin and the overpowering efficacy of Rudra-japa/Rudrādhyāya.