Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
भवन्त्येतानि सर्वाणि लुब्धानामकृतात्मनाम् । सुमहां त्यपि सास्त्राणि धारयंति बहुश्रुताः
bhavantyetāni sarvāṇi lubdhānāmakṛtātmanām | sumahāṃ tyapi sāstrāṇi dhārayaṃti bahuśrutāḥ
Ang lahat ng kapintasan na ito ay lumilitaw sa sakim na hindi pa nahuhubog ang sarili. Kahit yaong maraming napakinggan at nakapagtataglay ng malalawak na kasulatan, nalalaglag pa rin dito.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A learned reciter holding palm-leaf manuscripts, surrounded by scriptures, while a shadowy figure of greed coils around his heart; the contrast between outer scholarship and inner impurity is foregrounded.
FAQs
Learning alone does not purify; without self-discipline, greed still produces moral collapse.
No site is mentioned in this verse.
None; the emphasis is on ethical transformation rather than ritual performance.