Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 185
तासां तेनोपचारेण लोभदोषकृतेन वै । प्रनष्टा मधुना सार्धं कल्पवृक्षाः क्वचित्क्वचित्
tāsāṃ tenopacāreṇa lobhadoṣakṛtena vai | pranaṣṭā madhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacitkvacit
Dahil sa gawi nilang iyon—na bunga ng kasalanan ng kasakiman—dito at doon ay naglaho ang mga punong Kalpavṛkṣa na tumutupad ng hiling, kasama ang kanilang pulot.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Kalpavṛkṣas fading or dissolving from the landscape; spilled honey, empty pots, and shocked people realizing the source is gone.
FAQs
Divine abundance is sustained by dharma; greed turns blessings into scarcity—karma converts misuse into loss.
No site is named; the verse conveys a general puranic moral about prosperity and greed.
None directly; the implied prescription is alobha (freedom from greed) and right conduct.