Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
कश्यप उवाच । अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यदर्थनिचयो महान् । अर्थैश्वर्यविमूढोऽपि श्रेयसो भ्रश्यते द्विजः
kaśyapa uvāca | anartho brāhmaṇasyaiṣa yadarthanicayo mahān | arthaiśvaryavimūḍho'pi śreyaso bhraśyate dvijaḥ
Kaśyapa dit : C’est un malheur pour un brāhmane que d’amasser de grandes richesses. Égaré par l’opulence et la domination, le deux-fois-né déchoit du Bien suprême.
Kaśyapa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Kaśyapa addresses a learned brāhmaṇa surrounded by riches; the brāhmaṇa’s sacred fire dims as coins pile up, while a path labeled ‘śreyas’ fades in the background.
FAQs
For the spiritually vowed, wealth easily becomes delusion and causes a fall from śreyas (the highest good).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such teachings guide pilgrims toward inner purification.
No direct ritual; it warns against wealth-hoarding as contrary to brāhmaṇa-dharma.