[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 (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate) › 2.3.4 # Vishnupurana 2.3.4 Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) 2.3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.4) ataḥ saṃprāpyate svargo suktimasmātprayānti vai / tiryaktvaṃ narakaṃ cāpi yāntyataḥ puruṣā mune // > From this region heaven is obtained, or even, in some cases, liberation from existence; or men pass from hence into the condition of brutes, or fall into hell. Heaven, emancipation, a state in mid-air, or in the subterraneous realms, succeeds to existence here, and the world of acts is not the title of any other portion of the universe. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.3) - [Next: 2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.5) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.3.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.3.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta) — Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.3.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.4) · Pramāṇa