[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 1.11.48 # Vishnupurana 1.11.48 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.11.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.11.48) vasiṣṭha uvāca: prāpnoṣy ārādhite viṣṇau manasā yad yad icchasi trailokyāntargataṃ sthānaṃ kim u vatsottamottamam // > Vasishtha observed:—"Anything, that a man desires, may be obtained in this world by adoring Vishnu what of that exalted position". Dhruva said:—"You have told me, humbly bowing before, what is the deity to be adored: do ye now inform me of the prayer which is to be meditated by me to propitiate him. May the great ascetics, delightedly inform me of the prayer by which I may propitiate the God". The Rishis said,—"O Prince, hear, we shall relate unto thee, how those, who are devoted unto Vishnu, shall worship Him. They shall first withdraw their minds from all exterior objects and then fix it steadily on that being in whom the world exists. O Prince, hear from us the prayer that is to be recited by him, who has thus concentrated his thoughts on one only object, whose heart is filled with his spirit, and who has controlled himself. 'Om, salutation to Vasudeva, who is manifest as Brahmā, Vishnu and Siva, and whose form is inscrutable'. This prayer was offered in olden times by your grandsire, the Manu Swayambhuva, and propitiated by which, Janārddana conferred upon him prosperity, which he desired, unequalled in three worlds. Do thou therefore try to propitiate Govinda by reciting this prayer continually". > — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam - [Previous: 1.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.11.47) - [Next: 1.11.48x32-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.11.48x32-1) - [Up: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.11) ## Translations (1) - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.11.p3.3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.11.49) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.madhva.krsnamrtamaharnava.28) — Madhva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.11.48) · Pramāṇa