Vishnupurana 2.3.28
Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 2.3.28
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- Sanskrit
2.3.28
jambūdvīpaṃ samāvṛtya lakṣayojanavistaraḥ
maitreya valayākāraḥ sthitaḥ kṣārodadhir bahiḥ //
I have thus briefly described to you, Maitreya, the nine divisions of Jambu-dwípa, which is a hundred thousand Yojanas in extent, and which is encircled, as if by a bracelet, by the ocean of salt water, of similar dimensions.
2.3.28.p1
iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
I have thus briefly described to you, Maitreya, the nine divisions of Jambu-dwípa, which is a hundred thousand Yojanas in extent, and which is encircled, as if by a bracelet, by the ocean of salt water, of similar dimensions.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Bhūdarpaṇa — Viṣṇunārāyaṇa 1818, Sanskrit