[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) › 1.8.15 # Vishnupurana 1.8.15 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.8.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.8.15) maitreya uvāca: kṣīrābdhau śrīḥ samutpannā śrūyate 'mṛtamanthane bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannety etad āha kathaṃ bhavān // > MAITREYA.--It is commonly said that the goddess Śrí was born from the sea of milk, when it was churned for ambrosia; how then can you say that she was the daughter of Bhrigu by Khyáti. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.8.14) - [Next: 1.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.8.16) - [Up: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.8) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.8.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.8.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.8.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.3.39) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.8.15) · Pramāṇa