Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 36
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
ततस्त्विक्षुरसोदश्च बाह्यतो वलयासृतिः द्विगुणः शाल्मलिद्वीपो द्विगुणो ऽस्य महोदधेः
tatastvikṣurasodaśca bāhyato valayāsṛtiḥ dviguṇaḥ śālmalidvīpo dviguṇo 'sya mahodadheḥ
അതിനുശേഷം പുറത്തായി ഇക്ഷുരസസമുദ്രം ഉണ്ട്; അത് പുറത്ത് വലയമായി ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി വ്യാപിക്കുന്നു. ശാല്മലിദ്വീപം ഇരട്ടവും, അതിന്റെ മഹാസമുദ്രവും ഇരട്ടവുമാണ്.
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FAQs
The depiction of distinct oceans (e.g., ikṣurasa) underscores a cosmos rich in differentiated ‘tastes’ (rasa) and conditions—suggesting that diversity is part of cosmic design, while proportion (dviguṇa) preserves harmony.
Again chiefly Sarga/cosmography: mapping the world-system and its measures, which is a core Purāṇic descriptive function alongside genealogies and manvantaras.
A ‘ring’ (valaya) arrangement symbolically presents reality as layered enclosures around a center; the sweet ocean (sugarcane-juice) can be read as an imaginal motif for abundance, yet still bounded by cosmic order.