[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) › 1.3.7 # Vishnupurana 1.3.7 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3.7) anyeṣāṃ caiva jantūnāṃ carāṇām acarāś ca ye bhūbhūbhṛtsāgarādīnām aśeṣāṇāṃ ca sattama // > Brahmá is said to be born: a familiar phrase, to signify his manifestation; and, as the peculiar measure of his presence, a hundred of his years is said to constitute his life: that period is also called Param, and the half of it, Parárddham. I have already declared to you, oh sinless Brahman, that Time is a form of Vishńu: hear now how it is applied to measure the duration of Brahmá, and of all other sentient beings, as well as of those which are unconscious, as the mountains, oceans, and the like. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3.6) - [Next: 1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3.8) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.3.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.3.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.3.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.3.7) · Pramāṇa