Shloka 37
Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
सुरोदो द्विगुणस्तस्य तस्माच्च द्विगुणः कुशः घृतोदो द्विगुणश्चैव कुशद्वीपात् प्रकीर्तितः
surodo dviguṇastasya tasmācca dviguṇaḥ kuśaḥ ghṛtodo dviguṇaścaiva kuśadvīpāt prakīrtitaḥ
সুৰাৰ সাগৰ সেই (পূৰ্বৱৰ্তী)টোৰ দ্বিগুণ। তাৰ পৰা কুশদ্বীপো দ্বিগুণ বুলি কীৰ্তিত; আৰু কুশদ্বীপৰ তুলনাত ঘৃত (ঘী) সাগৰো তদ্ৰূপ দ্বিগুণ ঘোষিত।
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FAQs
The passage emphasizes ordered structure (ṛta) in the cosmos: creation is presented as layered, proportionate, and intelligible, encouraging contemplation of cosmic order rather than moral instruction in the immediate sense.
This belongs primarily to Sarga (cosmic description/creation-topography) and functions as a cosmographical catalogue within the Purāṇic account of the world-system.
The alternating dvīpas and ‘oceans’ of distinctive substances portray the universe as progressively expanding concentric realms; the ‘doubling’ motif signals an archetypal expansion of manifestation from one enclosure to the next.