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# Agnipurana 17.2

Agnipurāṇa 17.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.17.2)

brahmāvyaktaṃ sadāgre 'bhūt na khaṃ rātridinādikaṃ /  
prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ viṣṇuḥ(1) praviśyākṣobhayattataḥ //

> In the beginning there was always the unmanifest Brahman, not space, nor night, day, and so forth.  
> Then Viṣṇu, having entered primordial matter and the conscious spirit, agitated \[them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.17.2) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.17.2) — Sanskrit

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