[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) › 1.2.9 # Vishnupurana 1.2.9 Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 1.2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.9) taiś coktaṃ purukutsāya bhūbhuje narmadātaṭe sārasvatāya tenāpi mama sārasvatena ca // > Having glorified him who is the support of all things; who is the smallest of the small; who is in all created things; the unchanged, imperishable Purushottama; who is one with true wisdom, as truly known; eternal and incorrupt; and who is known through false appearances by the nature of visible objects: having bowed to Vishńu, the destroyer, and lord of creation and preservation; the ruler of the world; unborn, imperishable, undecaying: I will relate to you that which was originally imparted by the great father of all (Brahmá), in answer to the questions of Daksha and other venerable sages, and repeated by them to Purukutsa, a king who reigned on the banks of the Narmadá. It was next related by him to Sáraswata, and by Sáraswata to me. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.8) - [Next: 1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.10) - [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.1.2.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.2.p1.1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.2.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.9) · Pramāṇa