[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) › 1.2.1 # Vishnupurana 1.2.1 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.1) parāśara uvāca: avikārāya śuddhāya nityāya paramātmane sadaikarūparūpāya viṣṇave sarvajiṣṇave // > PARÁŚARA said, Glory to the unchangeable, holy, eternal, supreme Vishńu, of one universal nature, the mighty over all: to him who is Hiranygarbha, Hari, and Śankara, the creator, the preserver, and destroyer of the world: to Vásudeva, the liberator of his worshippers: to him, whose essence is both single and manifold; who is both subtile and corporeal, indiscrete and discrete: to Vishńu, the cause of final emancipation, Glory to the supreme Vishńu, the cause of the creation, existence, and end of this world; who is the root of the world, and who consists of the world. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.1.31x20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.1.31x20.p1) - [Next: 1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.2) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.2.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.2.p1.1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.2.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.1.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.1) · Pramāṇa