Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105
विद्यामदो धनमदस्तृतीयोऽभिजनो मदः । एते मदा मदांधानामेत एव सतां दमाः
vidyāmado dhanamadastṛtīyo'bhijano madaḥ | ete madā madāṃdhānāmeta eva satāṃ damāḥ
Pride of learning, pride of wealth, and third, pride of noble birth—these are the intoxications that blind the intoxicated. Yet these very things become disciplines of self-restraint for the virtuous.
Unspecified (gnomic/didactic statement)
Scene: A moral allegory: three goblets labeled Vidyā, Dhana, Abhijana; for the arrogant they pour a dark intoxicant blinding the eyes, for the virtuous they pour clear water that steadies the mind; a scale balances mada vs dama.
FAQs
The same advantages that inflate ego in the unwise become sources of restraint and responsibility in the virtuous.
No site is mentioned; the verse is a universal ethical teaching.
None explicitly; it recommends inner discipline (dama) over ego (mada).