Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 57
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
तत्र स्थितस्यापि महासुरस्य गन्धर्वविद्याधरसिद्धसंघाः सहाप्सरोभिः परिचारणाय पातालमभ्येत्य समावसन्त
tatra sthitasyāpi mahāsurasya gandharvavidyādharasiddhasaṃghāḥ sahāpsarobhiḥ paricāraṇāya pātālamabhyetya samāvasanta
ومع أن ذلك الأسورا العظيم كان مقيمًا هناك، فإن جموع الغاندرفا والڤيديا دهارا والسِدّها، مع الأبساراسات، قدموا إلى باتالا وأقاموا فيها لخدمته وملازمته.
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FAQs
Status and splendor can surround unrighteous power; the verse warns that social/cosmic acclaim (attendance by exalted beings) is not itself a proof of dharma or legitimacy.
Vamśānucarita/Carita narrative description—courtly and cosmological coloring around a key actor (Andhaka). It is not genealogical (vaṃśa) proper, but character-episode narration.
Gandharvas/Apsarases typically ornament deva courts; their presence in Pātāla signifies a temporary displacement of cosmic order—beauty, art, and siddhi becoming instruments of power rather than devotion—highlighting Purāṇic concern with right alignment of gifts (śakti) to dharma.