Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
असिपत्रवनं चान्यत्सहस्राणि द्विसप्ततिः योजनानां परिख्यातमष्टमं नरकोत्तमम्
asipatravanaṃ cānyatsahasrāṇi dvisaptatiḥ yojanānāṃ parikhyātamaṣṭamaṃ narakottamam
Và còn một địa ngục khác là Asipatravana, nổi tiếng là rộng bảy mươi hai nghìn yojana; được tuyên xưng là địa ngục thứ tám, một địa ngục bậc nhất.
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The text reinforces karma-phala: actions have proportionate consequences, and the vivid mapping of narakas functions as deterrence and as ethical instruction toward dharma.
This passage aligns best with Dharma/ācāra and karma-phala instruction (not one of the strict five like sarga/pratisarga, but commonly embedded within purāṇic teaching sections that support varṇāśrama-dharma and moral causality).
Asipatravana (“sword-leaf forest”) symbolizes the self-harming nature of adharma: one’s own misdeeds become the cutting ‘leaves’ that wound the doer, stressing moral retribution as intrinsic rather than arbitrary.