Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 14
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
तेषां संव्यवहारश्च एभिः कर्मभिरिष्यते स्वर्गापवर्गप्राप्तिश्च पुण्यं पापं तथैव च / 13.13 महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः शुक्तिमान् ऋक्षपर्वतः विन्ध्यश्च पारियात्रश्च सप्तात्र कुलपर्वताः
teṣāṃ saṃvyavahāraśca ebhiḥ karmabhiriṣyate svargāpavargaprāptiśca puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ tathaiva ca / 13.13 mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimān ṛkṣaparvataḥ vindhyaśca pāriyātraśca saptātra kulaparvatāḥ
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਵਰਤਾਵ ਵੀ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਹੀ ਕਰਮਾਂ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਹੋਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਸਵਰਗ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਵਰਗ (ਮੋਖ਼ਸ਼) ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪੁੰਨ-ਪਾਪ ਵੀ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
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FAQs
Ethically, the verse links everyday social conduct to spiritual outcomes: actions are not value-neutral; they generate puṇya/pāpa and shape both worldly and transcendent destinies.
This is normative instruction (dharma-anuśāsana) rather than cosmogenesis or dynastic history; it is ancillary purāṇic teaching used to ground later narratives/geography in a moral framework.
By pairing svarga with apavarga, the text compresses the full spectrum of human aims into karma: duties can be oriented toward enjoyment/reward (heaven) or toward release (liberation), depending on intention and purity.