Shloka 47
Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
सुकेशिरुवाच किमर्थं पुष्कद्वीपो भवद्भिः समुदाहृतः दुर्दर्शः शौचरहितो घोरः कर्मान्तनाशकृत्
sukeśiruvāca kimarthaṃ puṣkadvīpo bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ durdarśaḥ śaucarahito ghoraḥ karmāntanāśakṛt
سُکیشی نے کہا—آپ لوگوں نے پُشکَدویپ کا ذکر کس سبب سے کیا ہے؟ وہ دیکھنے میں دشوار، طہارت سے خالی، ہولناک اور کرم کے انجام پر ہلاکت لانے والا ہے۔
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FAQs
The question highlights śauca (purity) as a central marker of dharmic life. The text invites reflection that inner/outer purity supports auspicious destinies, while its absence correlates with fearsome states and suffering.
It supports Sarga/cosmography by prompting explanation of a particular dvīpa and its associated narakas. The interrogative form is a common Purāṇic teaching device embedded within cosmological narration.
Puṣkadvīpa is portrayed as ‘anti-tīrtha’—a realm marked by the negation of śauca. Symbolically, it represents the endpoint of sustained impurity: a lived world shaped by one’s habitual moral-ritual disorder.