Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25
बहुभिर्बहुधा भुक्ता राजभिः पृथिवी त्वियम् । यस्ययस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्यतस्य तदा फलम्
bahubhirbahudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ pṛthivī tviyam | yasyayasya yadā bhūmistasyatasya tadā phalam
Cette terre fut goûtée de maintes façons par de nombreux rois ; à celui qui, à un moment donné, détient le sol, à lui revient alors le fruit qui en procède.
Brahmā (to Nārada, inferred)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A symbolic panorama of successive kings: a procession of crowned figures fading into the past while the same earth remains; in the foreground, a current king holds a plough/scroll, signifying stewardship and responsibility for the land’s fruit.
FAQs
Possession of land is temporary; responsibility and consequences (phala) follow the current holder’s actions.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse is a general dharmic maxim within the Dharmāraṇya discourse.
None; it teaches ethical governance and karmic accountability tied to land.