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
Sechzigtausend Jahre weilt der Spender von Land im Himmel; doch wer es raubt, und wer diesem Raub zustimmt, geht für eben diese Zeit in die Hölle.
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.