Shloka 20
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
गन्धर्वविद्यावेदित्वं भक्तिर्भानौ तथा स्थिरा कौशल्यं सर्वशिल्पानां धर्मः किंपुरुषः स्मृतः
gandharvavidyāveditvaṃ bhaktirbhānau tathā sthirā kauśalyaṃ sarvaśilpānāṃ dharmaḥ kiṃpuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
ಗಂಧರ್ವವಿದ್ಯೆಯ ತಿಳಿವು, ಭಾನು (ಸೂರ್ಯ)ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರ ಭಕ್ತಿ, ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಶಿಲ್ಪಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ—ಇದೇ ಕಿಂಪುರುಷರ ಧರ್ಮವೆಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ।
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FAQs
The verse links aesthetic/technical excellence (gandharva-vidyā, śilpa) with devotional orientation (bhakti to the Sun). Skill is not merely secular; it is stabilized by a sacred focus, implying that talents reach fullness when yoked to worship and steadiness.
As with 11.19, it is ancillary descriptive material (dharma-varṇana of classes of beings) rather than cosmogenesis. It supports the purāṇic encyclopedic function often embedded within broader narrative or tīrtha contexts.
Bhānu (the Sun) symbolizes illumination, order (ṛta), and visibility; pairing solar devotion with mastery of arts suggests that creativity and craft are to be aligned with clarity, discipline, and cosmic regularity.