[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) › 1.15.54 # Vishnupurana 1.15.54 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.15.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.54) pracetasa ūcuḥ: brahmapāraṃ muneḥ śrotum icchāmaḥ paramaṃ stavam japatā kaṇḍunā devo yenārādhyata keśavaḥ // > The Prachetasas said, "We are desirous to hear the transcendental prayers, by inaudibly reciting which the pious Kańd́u propitiated Keśava." On which Soma repeated as follows: "'Vishńu is beyond the boundary of all things: he is the infinite: he is beyond that which is boundless: he is above all that is above: he exists as finite truth: he is the object of the Veda; the limit of elemental being; unappreciable by the senses; possessed of illimitable might: he is the cause of cause; the cause of the cause of cause; the cause of finite cause; and in effects, he, both as every object and agent, preserves the universe: he is Brahma the lord; Brahma all beings; Brahma the progenitor of all beings; the imperishable: he is the eternal, undecaying, unborn Brahma, incapable of increase or diminution: Purushottama is the everlasting, untreated, immutable Brahma. May the imperfections of my nature be annihilated through his favour.' Reciting this eulogium, the essence of divine truth, and propitiating Keśava, Kańd́u obtained final emancipation. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.53) - [Next: 1.15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.55) - [Up: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.15.6) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.15.p1.6) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.15.54) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.54) · Pramāṇa