Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
सपादभागवृद्धिस्तु क्षत्त्रियादिषु गृह्यते । एवं न बन्धो भवति पातकस्य कदाचन
sapādabhāgavṛddhistu kṣattriyādiṣu gṛhyate | evaṃ na bandho bhavati pātakasya kadācana
ক্ষত্রিয় প্রভৃতির ক্ষেত্রে চতুর্থাংশ বৃদ্ধি গ্রহণীয়। এই বিধি মানিলে পাপের বন্ধন কখনও হয় না।
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.