Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 56
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
आसाद्य भूमिं करदान् नरेन्द्रान् कृत्वा वशे स्थाप्य चराचरं च/ जगत्समग्रं प्रविवेश धीमान् पातालमग्र्यं पुरमश्मकाह्वम्
āsādya bhūmiṃ karadān narendrān kṛtvā vaśe sthāpya carācaraṃ ca/ jagatsamagraṃ praviveśa dhīmān pātālamagryaṃ puramaśmakāhvam
ولما بلغ الأرض ألزم ملوك البشر بدفع الجزية، وأخضع المتحرك والساكن جميعًا لسلطانه؛ وبعد أن قهر العالم بأسره دخل ذلك الحكيم إلى أرفع أقاليم باتالا، إلى المدينة المسماة أَشْمَكَة.
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FAQs
The verse critiques coercive kingship: extracting tribute and forcing universal compliance is presented as the hallmark of adharma-led sovereignty, contrasting with dharmic rulership grounded in protection and restraint.
Vamśānucarita/Carita narrative material (accounts of powerful figures and their acts). The mention of regions like Pātāla is geographic-cosmological framing but not a dedicated sarga/pratisarga cosmogenesis section.
‘Carācara’ universal subjugation symbolizes the egoic urge to control all levels of existence; the descent to Pātāla suggests a movement away from the luminous order (deva-loka) into chthonic power—an inversion that typically precedes divine reassertion of balance.