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
ان کے باہمی معاملات بھی انہی اعمال کے مطابق ہونے چاہییں۔ انہی سے سُوَرگ اور اَپَوَرگ (موکش) کی حصولیابی ہوتی ہے، اور اسی طرح پُنّیہ اور پاپ بھی پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔
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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.