Shloka 3
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
पुलस्त्य उवाच/ शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा कथामेतां पुरातनीम् यथोक्तवान् स्वयंभूर्मां कथ्यमानां मयानघ
pulastya uvāca/ śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā kathāmetāṃ purātanīm yathoktavān svayaṃbhūrmāṃ kathyamānāṃ mayānagha
പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നിർമലനേ, ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ഈ പുരാതന കഥ കേൾക്കുക. സ്വയംഭൂ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) എനിക്ക് പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെയാണ് ഞാൻ നിനക്കു പറയുന്നത്.
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FAQs
The verse models śravaṇa with āvahita (focused attention) and grounds teaching in paramparā. Ethically, it highlights humility before received wisdom and the responsibility of accurate transmission.
This is a narrative gateway into sarga-related or vamśānucarita-related material, authenticated by Brahmā (Svayambhū). While not itself one of the five topics, it signals that the forthcoming account is anchored in the Purāṇic cosmological-historical register.
Invoking Svayambhū (Brahmā) sacralizes the forthcoming episode: the ‘ancient story’ is not mere folklore but part of cosmic memory. The epithet anagha frames the listener as fit (adhikārin) for receiving subtle causality behind divine events.