Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 56
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
आसाद्य भूमिं करदान् नरेन्द्रान् कृत्वा वशे स्थाप्य चराचरं च/ जगत्समग्रं प्रविवेश धीमान् पातालमग्र्यं पुरमश्मकाह्वम्
āsādya bhūmiṃ karadān narendrān kṛtvā vaśe sthāpya carācaraṃ ca/ jagatsamagraṃ praviveśa dhīmān pātālamagryaṃ puramaśmakāhvam
Tendo alcançado a terra, fez com que os reis dos homens pagassem tributo, colocou sob seu domínio o que se move e o que não se move; e, após subjugar o mundo inteiro, o sábio entrou na região suprema de Pātāla, na cidade chamada Aśmaka.
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FAQs
The verse critiques coercive kingship: extracting tribute and forcing universal compliance is presented as the hallmark of adharma-led sovereignty, contrasting with dharmic rulership grounded in protection and restraint.
Vamśānucarita/Carita narrative material (accounts of powerful figures and their acts). The mention of regions like Pātāla is geographic-cosmological framing but not a dedicated sarga/pratisarga cosmogenesis section.
‘Carācara’ universal subjugation symbolizes the egoic urge to control all levels of existence; the descent to Pātāla suggests a movement away from the luminous order (deva-loka) into chthonic power—an inversion that typically precedes divine reassertion of balance.