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
Neste mundo dos viventes—tremeluzente como a dança de pétalas de lótus que tremem—onde todos os prazeres do saṃsāra são tão ínfimos quanto uma lâmina de relva, aquele de desejo perverso que usurpa o documento escrito dos brāhmaṇas apressa-se, ávido, para a queda em turbilhão no profundo fosso do inferno.
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).