[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) › 1.2.69.p1 # Vishnupurana 1.2.69.p1 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.2.69.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.69.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.69.p1) iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe prathame 'ṃśe dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus the one only god, Janárddana, takes the designation of Brahmá, Vishńu, and Śiva, accordingly as he creates, preserves, or destroys. Vishńu as creator, creates himself; as preserver, preserves himself; as destroyer, destroys himself at the end of all things. This world of earth, air, fire, water, ether, the senses, and the mind; all that is termed spirit, that also is the lord of all elements, the universal form, and imperishable: hence he is the cause of creation, preservation, and destruction; and the subject of the vicissitudes inherent in elementary nature. He is the object and author of creation: he preserves, destroys, and is preserved. He, Vishńu, as Brahmá, and as all other beings, is infinite form: he is the supreme, the giver of all good, the fountain of all happiness. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.69) - [Next: 1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3.1) - [Up: 1.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.69) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.2.8) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.2.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.69.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.2.69.p1) · Pramāṇa