[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) › 1.9.26 # Vishnupurana 1.9.26 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.9.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.26) tataḥprabhṛti niḥśrīkaṃ saśakraṃ bhuvanatrayam maitreyāsīd apadhvastaṃ saṃkṣīṇauṣadhivīrudham // > Having thus spoken, the Brahman went his way; and the king of the gods, remounting his elephant, returned to his capital Amarávati. Thenceforward, Maitreya, the three worlds and Śakra lost their vigour, and all vegetable products, plants, and herbs were withered and died; sacrifices were no longer offered; devout exercises no longer practised; men were no more addicted to charity, or any moral or religious obligation; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.25) - [Next: 1.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.27) - [Up: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.9.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.9.p3.1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.9.26) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.22-4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.4.26) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.26) · Pramāṇa