Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
वित्तलोभेन यत्रैषा निविष्टा पञ्चभर्तृका । तथा च वचनं प्रोक्तं ब्राह्मणीयं भविष्यति
vittalobhena yatraiṣā niviṣṭā pañcabhartṛkā | tathā ca vacanaṃ proktaṃ brāhmaṇīyaṃ bhaviṣyati
Là où, par convoitise des richesses, fut installée cette femme « aux cinq époux », là aussi des paroles furent prononcées ; et cela deviendra une affaire impliquant les brāhmaṇa.
Unspecified (continuation of condemnation narrative tied to greed and ritual setting)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A patron offers wealth; priests pronounce authorizing words; the woman is ceremonially ‘installed’ near the altar; the scene hints at impending controversy, with onlookers whispering.
FAQs
When wealth-greed governs sacred or social decisions, it entangles even religious authorities in blame and downfall.
Not specified in this shloka.
None explicitly; it comments on greed-driven arrangements within a ritual-social context.