Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 37
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
सुरोदो द्विगुणस्तस्य तस्माच्च द्विगुणः कुशः घृतोदो द्विगुणश्चैव कुशद्वीपात् प्रकीर्तितः
surodo dviguṇastasya tasmācca dviguṇaḥ kuśaḥ ghṛtodo dviguṇaścaiva kuśadvīpāt prakīrtitaḥ
ಸುರೆಯ ಸಮುದ್ರವು ಆ (ಹಿಂದಿನ)ದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ದ್ವಿಗುಣ. ಅದರಿಂದ ಕುಶದ್ವೀಪವೂ ದ್ವಿಗುಣವೆಂದು ಕೀರ್ತಿತ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕುಶದ್ವೀಪಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಘೃತ (ನೆಯ್ಯಿ) ಸಮುದ್ರವೂ ದ್ವಿಗುಣವೆಂದು ಪ್ರಕಟಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.
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FAQs
The passage emphasizes ordered structure (ṛta) in the cosmos: creation is presented as layered, proportionate, and intelligible, encouraging contemplation of cosmic order rather than moral instruction in the immediate sense.
This belongs primarily to Sarga (cosmic description/creation-topography) and functions as a cosmographical catalogue within the Purāṇic account of the world-system.
The alternating dvīpas and ‘oceans’ of distinctive substances portray the universe as progressively expanding concentric realms; the ‘doubling’ motif signals an archetypal expansion of manifestation from one enclosure to the next.