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# Garudapurana 3.15.1

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.15.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 15  
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
athāvatā rānpuruṣākhyo hariśca gato dhyānaṃ kartumīśo mahātmā /  
prādurbabhūvākhilasadguṇārṇavaḥ sa eva viṣṇuḥ sa ca bījabhūtaḥ //

> The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 15  
> Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Then, to make incarnations, the great-souled lord Hari, named Puruṣa, entered into meditation. / He who is an ocean of all good qualities appeared; he alone is Viṣṇu, and he is the primal seed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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