Shloka 37
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
सुरोदो द्विगुणस्तस्य तस्माच्च द्विगुणः कुशः घृतोदो द्विगुणश्चैव कुशद्वीपात् प्रकीर्तितः
surodo dviguṇastasya tasmācca dviguṇaḥ kuśaḥ ghṛtodo dviguṇaścaiva kuśadvīpāt prakīrtitaḥ
苏罗（surā，酒）之海为前一海的两倍。由此，俱舍洲（Kuśa-dvīpa）被称为其两倍之广；而酥油（ghṛta）之海亦宣说为俱舍洲的两倍。
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FAQs
The passage emphasizes ordered structure (ṛta) in the cosmos: creation is presented as layered, proportionate, and intelligible, encouraging contemplation of cosmic order rather than moral instruction in the immediate sense.
This belongs primarily to Sarga (cosmic description/creation-topography) and functions as a cosmographical catalogue within the Purāṇic account of the world-system.
The alternating dvīpas and ‘oceans’ of distinctive substances portray the universe as progressively expanding concentric realms; the ‘doubling’ motif signals an archetypal expansion of manifestation from one enclosure to the next.