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
Never act out of greed—even for something as small as a blade of grass lying in a dangerous place. From greed comes the destruction of creatures, in this world and in the next as well.
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.