Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107
एतेऽतिपापिनो ज्ञेया नित्यं लोभसमन्विताः । जनको युवनाश्वश्च वृषादर्भिः प्रसेनजित्
ete'tipāpino jñeyā nityaṃ lobhasamanvitāḥ | janako yuvanāśvaśca vṛṣādarbhiḥ prasenajit
ये अत्यन्त पापी जानने योग्य हैं, जो सदा लोभ से युक्त रहे—जनक, युवनाश्व, वृषादर्भि और प्रसेनजित्।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), contextually within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to the sages
Scene: A sage points to a scroll listing four royal figures; behind each name appears a faint vignette of a king weighed down by a heavy sack labeled lobha, showing the burden of greed across reigns.
FAQs
Greed is portrayed as a persistent inner fault that leads even prominent rulers toward grave sin.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as ethical instruction using named exemplars.
None; the focus is on identifying greed as a source of pāpa (sin).