Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 21
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
ब्रह्मचर्यममानित्वं योगाभ्यासरतिर्दृढा सर्वत्र कामचारितवं धर्मो ऽयं पैतृकः स्मृतः
brahmacaryamamānitvaṃ yogābhyāsaratirdṛḍhā sarvatra kāmacāritavaṃ dharmo 'yaṃ paitṛkaḥ smṛtaḥ
Brahmacarya (celibate discipline), humility (amānitva, freedom from self-importance), firm delight in the practice of yoga, and the ability to move at will everywhere—this is remembered as the dharma of the Paitṛkas (the ancestral class).
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FAQs
Spiritual authority is grounded in restraint (brahmacarya) and humility (amānitva), not status. Yogic perseverance is presented as the inner engine that yields extraordinary capacities (kāmacāritva), implying that siddhis are secondary fruits of disciplined character.
This is not a primary pancalakṣaṇa element like sarga/pratisarga; it is dharma-varṇana of a class (Pitṛ-related beings), fitting the purāṇic encyclopedic layer that often accompanies genealogical and manvantara materials.
The Pitṛ-associated dharma combines ascetic virtues with 'free movement,' symbolizing that true freedom arises from self-mastery. The ancestors are idealized as perfected through tapas-like discipline, legitimizing ritual respect for Pitṛs as reverence toward realized restraint.