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
பூமியை அடைந்த அந்த ஞானி அரசர்களிடமிருந்து கப்பம் செலுத்தச் செய்து, அசையும்-அசையாத அனைத்துலகையும் தன் ஆட்சிக்குள் கொண்டுவந்தான்; முழு உலகையும் அடக்கி, பாதாளத்தின் முதன்மையான பகுதியில் ‘அச்மக’ எனப்படும் நகரில் நுழைந்தான்।
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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.