Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107
एतेऽतिपापिनो ज्ञेया नित्यं लोभसमन्विताः । जनको युवनाश्वश्च वृषादर्भिः प्रसेनजित्
ete'tipāpino jñeyā nityaṃ lobhasamanvitāḥ | janako yuvanāśvaśca vṛṣādarbhiḥ prasenajit
Mereka ini hendaklah diketahui sebagai sangat berdosa, sentiasa terikat dengan ketamakan—Janaka, Yuvanāśva, Vṛṣādarbhi, dan Prasenajit.
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).