Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72
लोभात्प्रमादादाश्वासात्पुरुषो बाध्यते त्रिभिः । तस्माल्लोभो न कर्त्तव्यो न प्रमादो न विश्वसेत्
lobhātpramādādāśvāsātpuruṣo bādhyate tribhiḥ | tasmāllobho na karttavyo na pramādo na viśvaset
ਲੋਭ, ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦ ਅਤੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਆਸਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਬੰਨ੍ਹਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਲੋਭ ਨਾ ਕਰ, ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦ ਨਾ ਕਰ, ਅਤੇ ਅੰਨ੍ਹੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸਘਾਤੀ ਭਰੋਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾ ਪੈ।
Mother (unnamed, within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda/Arbudācala (contextual)
Type: peak
Listener: (Implied) audience of the Purana; within story, the counsel is addressed to a 'puruṣa'/traveler figure
Scene: A forest-path instruction scene: an elder counselor warns a young traveler about greed, negligence, and blind trust; the road to a sacred mountain/tirtha lies ahead.
FAQs
Guard your life and dharma by resisting greed, avoiding negligence, and practicing discerning trust.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is general ethical instruction within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Arbuda section.
None; it is a practical dharma directive about inner discipline and caution.
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