Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 46
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
ये जनाः पुष्करद्वीपे वसन्ते रौद्रदर्शने पैशाचमाश्रिता धर्मं कर्मान्ते ते विनाशिनः
ye janāḥ puṣkaradvīpe vasante raudradarśane paiśācamāśritā dharmaṃ karmānte te vināśinaḥ
プシュカラ・ドヴィーパに住む人々――見るだに恐ろしき者たち――は、ピシャーチャ（piśāca、穢れた鬼類）に似たダルマと生き方に依り、業（カルマ）の終わり、すなわち行為の果が熟する時に滅びる。
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FAQs
The verse stresses karmic inevitability: adopting impure, violent, or ‘demonic’ conduct leads to ruin when karmic consequences ripen. It frames ethics not merely as social order but as a cosmic law with inevitable results.
Primarily under Sarga/cosmography (description of worlds/dvīpas) and indirectly under Dharma/karma instruction (often embedded within Purāṇic cosmology). It is not a dynastic (vaṃśa) passage.
Puṣkaradvīpa functions symbolically as an externalized ‘state’ of consciousness and conduct: a raudra realm corresponds to raudra dispositions. ‘Paiśāca-dharma’ indicates a reversal of sāttvika dharma into predatory, impure living.