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# Vishnupurana 1.21.1-2

Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.21.1-2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.21.1)

parāśara uvāca:  
saṃhlādaputra āyuṣmāñ śibir bāṣkala eva ca  
virocanas tu prāhlādir balir jajñe virocanāt //

> THE sons of Sanhráda, the son of Hirańyakaśipu, were Áyushmán, Śivi, and Váshkala. Prahláda had a son named Virochana; whose son was Bali, who had a hundred sons, of whom Báńa was the eldest.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [1.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.21.2)

baleḥ putraśataṃ tv āsīd bāṇajyeṣṭhaṃ mahāmune  
hiraṇyākṣasutāś cāsan sarva eva mahābalāḥ //

> THE sons of Sanhráda, the son of Hirańyakaśipu, were Áyushmán, Śivi, and Váshkala. Prahláda had a son named Virochana; whose son was Bali, who had a hundred sons, of whom Báńa was the eldest.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

> Hirańyáksha also had many sons, all of whom were Daityas of great prowess; Jharjhara, Śakuni, Bhútasantápana, Mahánábha, the mighty-armed and the valiant Táraka. These were the sons of Diti.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.21.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.21.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.21.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.6.45) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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