Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

धनाधिपत्यं भोगानि स्वाध्यायं शकरर्चनम् अहङ्कारमशौण्डीर्यं धर्मो ऽयं गुह्यकेष्विति

Transliteration

dhanādhipatyaṃ bhogāni svādhyāyaṃ śakararcanam ahaṅkāramaśauṇḍīryaṃ dharmo 'yaṃ guhyakeṣviti

Translation

អធិបតីភាពលើទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ ការរីករាយនៃភោគៈ ស្វាធ្យាយៈ (ការសិក្សាវេទ) និងការបូជាសង្ករ (សិវៈ) អហង្គារ (មោទនភាព) និងការខ្វះការអួតអាងក្លាហាន—នេះត្រូវបាននិយាយថា ជាធម៌ក្នុងចំណោមគុហ្យកៈ។

Word by Word

• धनाधिपत्यम्: lordship over wealth; wealth-sovereignty
• धनाधिपत्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + आधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• भोगानि: enjoyments; pleasures
• भोगानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (masc nom/acc pl)

• स्वाध्यायम्: self-study; recitation
• स्वाध्यायम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masc nom/acc sg)

• शकर-अर्चनम्: worship of Śakara/Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शकर-अर्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकर + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• अहङ्कारम्: egoism; pride
• अहङ्कारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masc nom/acc sg)

• अशौण्डीर्यम्: lack of boastfulness; non-bravado
• अशौण्डीर्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + शौण्डीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg); नञ्-पूर्वक

• धर्मः: dharma
• धर्मः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• गुह्यकेषु: among the Guhyakas
• गुह्यकेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (locative plural)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speakers

• Not stated in the provided excerpt (Vāmana Purāṇa commonly frames teachings as Pulastya → Nārada; confirm from surrounding verses).

Primary Deities

• Śiva (Śakara)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Sectarian Harmony
• Shaivism
• Ethics
• Mythic beings (Yakṣa/Guhyaka)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse treats “dharma” descriptively—as the characteristic disposition of a class of beings. Even wealth and enjoyment are framed alongside svādhyāya and Śiva-worship, suggesting that prosperity is not condemned when paired with discipline and devotion; yet it also notes ego as a salient trait, tempered by an injunction-like praise of non-boastfulness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is not sarga/pratisarga (cosmogony) but aligns best with ancillary purāṇic material supporting dharma/ācāra and variegated characterization within narrative (often grouped under vṛtti-like ethical instruction rather than the five core lakṣaṇas). If forced into the five, it is closest to Vamśānucarita/Manvantara-style didactic characterization embedded in dialogue, not genealogy itself.

What is the symbolic significance?

By making Śiva-worship a defining mark of Guhyakas (Kubera’s sphere), the text normalizes Śaiva devotion across non-human orders, reflecting the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian texture: devotion to Śiva appears as a stable axis of order even within wealth-associated beings.