Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102
स लोभः सह मोहेन विजेतव्यो जितात्मना । दम्भो द्रोहश्च निंदा च पैशुन्यं मत्सरस्तथा
sa lobhaḥ saha mohena vijetavyo jitātmanā | dambho drohaśca niṃdā ca paiśunyaṃ matsarastathā
Esa codicia—junto con el engaño de la ilusión—debe ser vencida por quien se ha dominado a sí mismo. De ella nacen la hipocresía, la traición, la difamación, la murmuración y también la envidia.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Listener: Seekers (implied)
Scene: A warrior-sage (inner hero) holds a shield labeled ‘jitātman’; he subdues two beasts ‘lobha’ and ‘moha’. Behind them trail smaller shadow-figures: hypocrisy, treachery, slander, backbiting, envy—fleeing as light spreads.
FAQs
Self-mastery is required to defeat greed and delusion, which otherwise breed social and moral corruption.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned.
No explicit rite; the discipline taught is inner conquest and ethical speech.