[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) › 2.4.93 # Vishnupurana 2.4.93 Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 2.4.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4.93) svādūdakasya purato dṛśyate 'lokasaṃsthitiḥ dviguṇā kāñcanī bhūmiḥ sarvajantuvivarjitā // > Beyond the sea of fresh water is a region of twice its extent, where the land is of gold, and where no living beings reside. Thence extends the Lokáloka mountain, which is ten thousand Yojanas in breadth, and as many in height; and beyond it perpetual darkness invests the mountain all around; which darkness is again encompassed by the shell of the egg. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4.92) - [Next: 2.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4.94) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.4.9) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.4.p10) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.4.93) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.20.96) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhūdarpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.gola.bhudarpana.p125) — Viṣṇunārāyaṇa 1818, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4.93) · Pramāṇa