[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) › 1.4.2 # Vishnupurana 1.4.2 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.4.2) parāśara uvāca: prajāḥ sasarja bhagavān brahmā nārāyaṇātmakaḥ prajāpatipatir devo yathā tan me niśāmaya // > PARÁŚARA.--In what manner the divine Brahmá, who is one with Náráyańa, created progeny, and is thence named the lord of progeny (Prajápati), the lord god, you shall hear. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.4.1) - [Next: 1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.4.3) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.4) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.4.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.4.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.4.2) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.26-3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.12) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.4.2) · Pramāṇa