Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 57
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
तत्र स्थितस्यापि महासुरस्य गन्धर्वविद्याधरसिद्धसंघाः सहाप्सरोभिः परिचारणाय पातालमभ्येत्य समावसन्त
tatra sthitasyāpi mahāsurasya gandharvavidyādharasiddhasaṃghāḥ sahāpsarobhiḥ paricāraṇāya pātālamabhyetya samāvasanta
അവിടെ ആ മഹാസുരൻ നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്നിട്ടും, ഗന്ധർവ-വിദ്യാധര-സിദ്ധസംഘങ്ങൾ അപ്സരസ്സുകളോടുകൂടെ അവനെ പരിചരിക്കാനായി പാതാളത്തിലേക്ക് വന്ന് അവിടെ പാർത്തു।
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FAQs
Status and splendor can surround unrighteous power; the verse warns that social/cosmic acclaim (attendance by exalted beings) is not itself a proof of dharma or legitimacy.
Vamśānucarita/Carita narrative description—courtly and cosmological coloring around a key actor (Andhaka). It is not genealogical (vaṃśa) proper, but character-episode narration.
Gandharvas/Apsarases typically ornament deva courts; their presence in Pātāla signifies a temporary displacement of cosmic order—beauty, art, and siddhi becoming instruments of power rather than devotion—highlighting Purāṇic concern with right alignment of gifts (śakti) to dharma.