Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे वसति भूमिदः । आच्छेत्ता चानुमंता च तान्येव नरकं व्रजेत्
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svarge vasati bhūmidaḥ | ācchettā cānumaṃtā ca tānyeva narakaṃ vrajet
ভূমিদাতা ষাঠি হাজাৰ বছৰ স্বৰ্গত বাস কৰে; কিন্তু যিয়ে ভূমি কেঢ়ি লয় আৰু যিয়ে সেই কেঢ়া লোৱাত সন্মতি দিয়ে, সিহঁতেও সেই একে সময়ৰ বাবে নৰকলৈ যায়।
Brahmā (to Nārada, inferred)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A split moral tableau: on one side, the land-donor ascends to svarga for sixty thousand years; on the other, a confiscator and an approving official descend toward naraka, bound by karmic chains.
FAQs
Land-gift is highly meritorious, and violating a donation—directly or by approval—is a grave adharma with severe consequences.
No specific site is named; the verse is a dharma-warning embedded in the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.
The implied prescription is to protect and honor land donations; it is more legal-ethical than ritualistic.