Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 39
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
समुद्राद् द्विगुणः शाकः शाकाद् दुग्धाब्धिरुत्तमः द्विगुणः संस्थितो यत्र शेषपर्यङ्कगो हरिः एते च द्विगुणाः सर्वे परस्परमपि स्थिताः
samudrād dviguṇaḥ śākaḥ śākād dugdhābdhiruttamaḥ dviguṇaḥ saṃsthito yatra śeṣaparyaṅkago hariḥ ete ca dviguṇāḥ sarve parasparamapi sthitāḥ
ಆ ಸಮುದ್ರಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಶಾಕದ್ವೀಪವು ದ್ವಿಗುಣ; ಶಾಕದ್ವೀಪದ ನಂತರ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾದ ದುಧ್ಧ ಸಮುದ್ರವಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇಷನ ಶಯನಪೀಠದ ಮೇಲೆ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಯಾದ ಹರಿಯು ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಪರಸ್ಪರವಾಗಿ ಒಂದೊಂದು ಮತ್ತೊಂದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ದ್ವಿಗುಣವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿವೆ.
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FAQs
Cosmic geography culminates in a theological center: the ordered universe ultimately rests upon the sustaining presence of Hari, indicating that structure (cosmos) and sustenance (Viṣṇu) are inseparable.
Primarily Sarga (description of the world-system). The mention of Hari on Śeṣa also touches the Purāṇic theological frame that undergirds cosmography, but it remains within creation-topography rather than dynastic narration.
Hari reclining on Śeṣa in the milk-ocean symbolizes preservation and stability: the infinite serpent as support (ādhāra) and Viṣṇu as the preserver (sthiti), anchoring the expanding concentric realms in a transcendent ground.