Shloka 39
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
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
ആ സമുദ്രത്തേക്കാള് ശാകദ്വീപ് ഇരട്ടിയാണ്; ശാകത്തിന് അപ്പുറം ഉത്തമമായ ക്ഷീര-സമുദ്രം. അവിടെ ശേഷന്റെ ശയ്യയില് വിശ്രമിക്കുന്ന ഹരി സ്ഥിതനാകുന്നു; ഇവയൊക്കെയും പരസ്പരം ഓരോന്നും മറ്റൊന്നിന്റെ ഇരട്ടിയായി ക്രമീകരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
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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.