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
कश्यप म्हणाले—ब्राह्मणासाठी हा अनर्थ आहे की तो मोठा अर्थसंचय करतो. धन व ऐश्वर्याने मोहित झालेला द्विज श्रेयस—परम कल्याण—यापासून भ्रष्ट होतो.
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.