Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 4
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
आसीन्निशाचरपतिर्विद्युत्केशीति विश्रुतः तस्य पुत्रो गुणज्येष्ठः सुकेशिरभवत्ततः
āsīnniśācarapatirvidyutkeśīti viśrutaḥ tasya putro guṇajyeṣṭhaḥ sukeśirabhavattataḥ
নিশাচৰসকলৰ এজন অধিপতি আছিল, যি ‘বিদ্যুৎকেশী’ নামে প্ৰসিদ্ধ। তেওঁৰ পুত্ৰ গুণত শ্ৰেষ্ঠ; পাছত সি ‘সুকেশী’ ৰূপে জন্মিল।
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FAQs
The verse frames virtue (guṇa) as a meaningful attribute regardless of birth-lineage, suggesting that dharmic qualities can appear even in traditionally 'demonic' clans—an ethical emphasis on conduct over mere category.
Primarily Vamśānucarita (accounts of dynasties/lineages), introducing a succession (Vidyutkeśa → Sukeśin) that supports later narrative causality (boons, conflicts, or rule).
Names like 'Vidyutkeśa' and 'Sukeśin' use luminous/auspicious imagery, hinting that power and splendor (tejas) can be morally directed—setting up the tension between divine grace and its use by non-divine beings.