[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › [Vishnupurana (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit) › 1.2.66 # Vishnupurana 1.2.66 Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 1.2.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.66) sraṣṭā sṛjati cātmānaṃ viṣṇuḥ pālyaṃ ca pāti ca upasaṃharate cānte saṃhartā ca svayaṃ prabhuḥ // > Thus the one only god, Janárddana, takes the designation of Brahmá, Vishńu, and Śiva, accordingly as he creates, preserves, or destroys. Vishńu as creator, creates himself; as preserver, preserves himself; as destroyer, destroys himself at the end of all things. This world of earth, air, fire, water, ether, the senses, and the mind; all that is termed spirit, that also is the lord of all elements, the universal form, and imperishable: hence he is the cause of creation, preservation, and destruction; and the subject of the vicissitudes inherent in elementary nature. He is the object and author of creation: he preserves, destroys, and is preserved. He, Vishńu, as Brahmá, and as all other beings, is infinite form: he is the supreme, the giver of all good, the fountain of all happiness. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.65) - [Next: 1.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.67) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.2.8) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.2.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.118) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.66) · Pramāṇa