Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 48
Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
तस्मिन् निशाचर द्वीपे नरकाः सन्ति दारुणाः रौरवाद्यास्ततो रौद्रः पुष्करो घोरदर्शनः
tasmin niśācara dvīpe narakāḥ santi dāruṇāḥ rauravādyāstato raudraḥ puṣkaro ghoradarśanaḥ
Di pulau para pengembara malam (niśācara) itu terdapat neraka-neraka yang dahsyat—bermula dengan Raurava. Oleh itu Puṣkara disebut “Raudra” (ganas) dan mengerikan untuk dipandang.
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FAQs
By mapping ‘hells’ into a named region, the Purāṇic text pedagogically reinforces that harmful actions generate structured consequences. The specificity (e.g., Raurava) functions as moral deterrence and ethical instruction.
This is chiefly Sarga (world-structure: dvīpas and narakas). It is not Pratisarga (re-creation) nor Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogies/royal chronicles).
‘Niśācara-dvīpa’ symbolizes a domain governed by tamas (darkness), where suffering-realms (narakas) proliferate. Calling Puṣkara ‘Raudra’ frames the locale as an embodiment of wrathful karmic return rather than a neutral geography.