[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) › 1.22.63 # Vishnupurana 1.22.63 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.22.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22.63) kṣarākṣaramayo viṣṇur bibharty akhilam īśvaraḥ puruṣāvyākṛtamayaṃ bhūṣaṇāstrasvarūpavat // > The supreme condition of Brahma, which is meditated by the Yogis in the commencement of their abstraction, as invested with form, is Vishńu, composed of all the divine energies, and the essence of Brahma, with whom the mystic union that is sought, and which is accompanied by suitable elements, is effected by the devotee whose whole mind is addressed to that object. This Hari, who is the most immediate of all the energies of Brahma, is his embodied shape, composed entirely of his essence; and in him therefore is the whole world interwoven; and from him, and in him, is the universe; and he, the supreme lord of all, comprising all that is perishable and imperishable, bears upon him all material and spiritual existence, identified in nature with his ornaments and weapons. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22.62) - [Next: 1.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22.64) - [Up: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.22.7) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.22.p5) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.22.65) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22.63) · Pramāṇa