Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 5
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
तस्य तुष्टस्तथेशानः पुरमाकाशचारिणम् प्रादादजेयत्वमपि शत्रुभिश्चाप्यवध्यताम्
tasya tuṣṭastatheśānaḥ puramākāśacāriṇam prādādajeyatvamapi śatrubhiścāpyavadhyatām
Satisfait de lui, Īśāna (Śiva) lui accorda une cité se mouvant dans le ciel, ainsi que le don d’être invincible et même impossible à mettre à mort par les ennemis.
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FAQs
Divine grace can empower; the ethical burden lies in how the recipient uses the boon. Purāṇic narratives often use invincibility-boons to explore pride, restraint, and the eventual restoration of cosmic balance.
It supports Vamśānucarita and also functions as an enabling episode for future conflict-resolution arcs (often culminating in divine intervention). It is not sarga/pratisarga, but a lineage-linked historical/mythic account.
The 'sky-moving city' symbolizes elevated, ungrounded power—mobility, inaccessibility, and the temptation to transcend ordinary limits. Śiva as Īśāna granting such power reflects Purāṇic realism: gods may grant boons without endorsing later misuse.