[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) › 1.15.80 # Vishnupurana 1.15.80 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.15.80 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.80) eṣa me saṃśayo brahman sumahān hṛdi vartate yad dauhitraś ca somasya punaḥ śvaśuratāṃ gataḥ // > MAITREYA.--Daksha, as I have formerly heard, was born from the right thumb of Brahmá: tell me, great Muni, how he was regenerate as the son of the Prachetasas. Considerable perplexity also arises in my mind, how he, who, as the son of Márishá, was the grandson of Soma, could be also his father-in-law. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.79) - [Next: 1.15.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.81) - [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.1.15.9) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.15.p1.9) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.15.81) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.80) · Pramāṇa