Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
कश्यप उवाच । अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यदर्थनिचयो महान् । अर्थैश्वर्यविमूढोऽपि श्रेयसो भ्रश्यते द्विजः
kaśyapa uvāca | anartho brāhmaṇasyaiṣa yadarthanicayo mahān | arthaiśvaryavimūḍho'pi śreyaso bhraśyate dvijaḥ
کَشیَپ نے کہا: برہمن کے لیے یہی بڑی آفت ہے کہ وہ بہت سا مال جمع کرے۔ دولت اور اقتدار کے فریب میں گم ہو کر یہ دِوِج (دو بار جنما) اعلیٰ خیر، یعنی شریَس، سے گر جاتا ہے۔
Kaśyapa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Kaśyapa addresses a learned brāhmaṇa surrounded by riches; the brāhmaṇa’s sacred fire dims as coins pile up, while a path labeled ‘śreyas’ fades in the background.
FAQs
For the spiritually vowed, wealth easily becomes delusion and causes a fall from śreyas (the highest good).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such teachings guide pilgrims toward inner purification.
No direct ritual; it warns against wealth-hoarding as contrary to brāhmaṇa-dharma.