Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107
एतेऽतिपापिनो ज्ञेया नित्यं लोभसमन्विताः । जनको युवनाश्वश्च वृषादर्भिः प्रसेनजित्
ete'tipāpino jñeyā nityaṃ lobhasamanvitāḥ | janako yuvanāśvaśca vṛṣādarbhiḥ prasenajit
Ang mga ito ay dapat makilalang lubhang makasalanan, laging nakakabit sa kasakiman—sina Janaka, Yuvanāśva, Vṛṣādarbhi, at 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).