Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
सपादभागवृद्धिस्तु क्षत्त्रियादिषु गृह्यते । एवं न बन्धो भवति पातकस्य कदाचन
sapādabhāgavṛddhistu kṣattriyādiṣu gṛhyate | evaṃ na bandho bhavati pātakasya kadācana
ক্ষত্ৰিয় আদি লোকৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত চতুৰ্থাংশ বৃদ্ধি গ্ৰহণযোগ্য বুলি ধৰা হয়। এই বিধি মানিলে পাপ কেতিয়াও বন্ধনস্বৰূপ নহয়।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: A dharmic assembly: a learned brāhmaṇa adviser and a kṣatriya householder weigh a measured quarter-share on a balance, with scriptures open, indicating lawful conduct that avoids sin.
FAQs
Dharma regulates even permitted gains; when taken within prescribed bounds, one avoids pātaka (sinful bondage).
No specific site is named; it continues general dharma-instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.
A permitted rate/measure of ‘increase’ (vṛddhi) for Kṣatriyas and others, framed as a rule to avoid sin.