Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 28
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
योनयो द्वादशैवैतास्तासु धर्माश्च राक्षस ब्रह्मणा कथिताः पुण्या द्वादशैव गतिप्रदाः
yonayo dvādaśaivaitāstāsu dharmāśca rākṣasa brahmaṇā kathitāḥ puṇyā dvādaśaiva gatipradāḥ
এইবোৰেই নিশ্চয় বাৰটা যোনি। আৰু তাত, হে ৰাক্ষস, ব্ৰহ্মাই কোৱা ধৰ্মসমূহ পুণ্যময়; সিহঁত বাৰোটাই আৰু গতি প্ৰদানকাৰী।
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FAQs
Dharma is presented as context-sensitive: different forms of embodied life (yoni) have corresponding norms. Ethical order is not arbitrary but aligned with cosmic structure, and right conduct yields an appropriate gati (destiny/attainment).
Primarily within Sarga/Pratisarga-related material (cosmological structuring of beings) and secondarily within Dharma-śāstra style instruction embedded in Purāṇic narration.
The number ‘twelve’ functions as a completeness marker (a full set), implying a total map of embodied conditions and their moral trajectories. Brahmā’s role signals that dharma is grounded in the cosmic lawgiver/creator principle rather than sectarian preference.