Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
भूमिदानानि सर्वाणि धर्माः सर्वे दयादिकाः । तस्य क्षेत्रस्य पुरतः कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
bhūmidānāni sarvāṇi dharmāḥ sarve dayādikāḥ | tasya kṣetrasya purataḥ kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
सर्व भूमिदाने आणि दया इत्यादी सर्व धर्म—त्या पवित्र क्षेत्राच्या पुण्यापुढे सोळाव्या अंशाइतकेही नाहीत।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor offers a miniature model of land (fields, boundary markers) and a compassionate act (feeding, sheltering) shown on one side; on the other, the kṣetra radiates, visually ‘outweighing’ the scales of merit.
FAQs
The text magnifies the sanctity of the kṣetra: divine presence concentrated in place can grant extraordinary merit beyond conventional charity and virtues.
The Adhyāya 16 kṣetra (associated earlier with Hāṭakeśvara).
No explicit ritual; it reinforces pilgrimage/attendance to the kṣetra as a supreme dharmic act.