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# Vishnupurana 1.9.1

Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.9.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.1)

parāśara uvāca:  
idaṃ ca śṛṇu maitreya yat pṛṣṭo 'ham iha tvayā  
śrīsaṃbaddhaṃ mayāpy etac śrutam āsīn marīcitaḥ //

> PARÁŚARA.--But with respect to the question thou hast asked me, Maitreya, relating to the history of Śrí, hear from me the tale as it was told to me by Maríchi.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.9.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.9.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.9.1) — Sanskrit

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