Shloka 47
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
सुकेशिरुवाच किमर्थं पुष्कद्वीपो भवद्भिः समुदाहृतः दुर्दर्शः शौचरहितो घोरः कर्मान्तनाशकृत्
sukeśiruvāca kimarthaṃ puṣkadvīpo bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ durdarśaḥ śaucarahito ghoraḥ karmāntanāśakṛt
Sukeśī dit : « Pour quelle raison avez-vous mentionné Puṣkadvīpa — difficile à contempler, dépourvu de pureté, effrayant, et qui apporte la destruction à la fin du karma ? »
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FAQs
The question highlights śauca (purity) as a central marker of dharmic life. The text invites reflection that inner/outer purity supports auspicious destinies, while its absence correlates with fearsome states and suffering.
It supports Sarga/cosmography by prompting explanation of a particular dvīpa and its associated narakas. The interrogative form is a common Purāṇic teaching device embedded within cosmological narration.
Puṣkadvīpa is portrayed as ‘anti-tīrtha’—a realm marked by the negation of śauca. Symbolically, it represents the endpoint of sustained impurity: a lived world shaped by one’s habitual moral-ritual disorder.