[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) › 1.5.3 # Vishnupurana 1.5.3 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.3) parāśara uvāca: maitreya kathayāmy eṣa śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ yathā sasarja devo 'sau devādīn akhilān vibhuḥ // > PARÁŚARA.--I will explain to you, Maitreya, listen attentively, how this deity, the lord of all, created the gods and other beings. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.2) - [Next: 1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.4) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.5.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.5.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.5.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.3) · Pramāṇa