Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37
चलदलदललीलाचंचले जीवलोके तृणलवलघुसारे सर्वसंसारसौख्ये । अपहरति दुराशः शासनं ब्राह्मणानां नरकगहनगर्त्तावर्तपातोत्सुको यः
caladaladalalīlācaṃcale jīvaloke tṛṇalavalaghusāre sarvasaṃsārasaukhye | apaharati durāśaḥ śāsanaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ narakagahanagarttāvartapātotsuko yaḥ
En este mundo de los vivientes—fugaz como el juego de pétalos de loto temblorosos—donde todos los placeres del saṃsāra son tan leves como una brizna de hierba, aquel de deseo torcido que arrebata el documento de concesión de los brāhmaṇas corre ansioso hacia la caída en remolino al hondo foso del infierno.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A poetic moral vision: shimmering lotus pond with trembling petals overlays a bustling human world; a greedy man snatches a copperplate grant from brāhmaṇas; beneath him opens a spiraling whirlpool leading into a dark, cavernous hell-pit.
FAQs
Worldly gain is fleeting; violating dharma by confiscating brāhmaṇa grants leads to grave karmic downfall.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse functions as a moral-theological warning within the Dharmāraṇya discourse.
It implies a prohibition: do not seize or invalidate brāhmaṇa śāsanas (legal/religious land grants).