Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104
छेत्तारः संशयानां च लोभग्रस्ता व्रजंत्यधः । लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताश्च शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः
chettāraḥ saṃśayānāṃ ca lobhagrastā vrajaṃtyadhaḥ | lobhakrodhaprasaktāśca śiṣṭācārabahiṣkṛtāḥ
Even those who cut through doubts fall downward when seized by greed. Addicted to greed and anger, they are cast out from the conduct of the refined.
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.