Shloka 48
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
तस्मिन् निशाचर द्वीपे नरकाः सन्ति दारुणाः रौरवाद्यास्ततो रौद्रः पुष्करो घोरदर्शनः
tasmin niśācara dvīpe narakāḥ santi dāruṇāḥ rauravādyāstato raudraḥ puṣkaro ghoradarśanaḥ
সেই নিশাচৰদ্বীপত ৰৌৰৱ আদি দাৰুণ নৰক আছে; সেয়ে পুষ্কৰ ‘ৰৌদ্ৰ’ আৰু দৰ্শনত ভয়ংকৰ।
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FAQs
By mapping ‘hells’ into a named region, the Purāṇic text pedagogically reinforces that harmful actions generate structured consequences. The specificity (e.g., Raurava) functions as moral deterrence and ethical instruction.
This is chiefly Sarga (world-structure: dvīpas and narakas). It is not Pratisarga (re-creation) nor Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogies/royal chronicles).
‘Niśācara-dvīpa’ symbolizes a domain governed by tamas (darkness), where suffering-realms (narakas) proliferate. Calling Puṣkara ‘Raudra’ frames the locale as an embodiment of wrathful karmic return rather than a neutral geography.