Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
गौतम उवाच । संतुष्टः को न शक्नोति फलैश्चापि हि वर्त्तितुम् । सर्वोऽपींद्रियलोभेन संकटान्यभिगाहते
gautama uvāca | saṃtuṣṭaḥ ko na śaknoti phalaiścāpi hi varttitum | sarvo'pīṃdriyalobhena saṃkaṭānyabhigāhate
ഗൗതമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സന്തുഷ്ടനായവൻ ഫലമാത്രം കൊണ്ടും ജീവിക്കാനാകില്ലേ? എന്നാൽ ഇന്ദ്രിയലോഭം മൂലം എല്ലാവരും ദുരിതങ്ങളിൽ പതിക്കുന്നു.
Gautama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forest-ashram discourse: sage Gautama teaching that contentment makes even fruit-diet sufficient, while sense-greed leads to peril; pilgrims in the background near the Prabhāsa coast.
FAQs
Contentment makes life simple; sense-greed creates danger and suffering.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; its teaching tradition emphasizes inner contentment as the pilgrim’s true wealth.
No explicit ritual; it recommends a simple, restrained mode of living (even on fruits).