[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) › 1.9.60 # Vishnupurana 1.9.60 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.9.60 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.60) ādyo yajñaḥ pumān īḍyo yaḥ pūrveṣāṃ ca pūrvajaḥ taṃ natāḥ smo jagatsraṣṭuḥ sraṣṭāram aviśeṣaṇam // > Paráśara continued.--The gods, having heard this prayer uttered by Brahmá, bowed down, and cried, "Be favourable to us; be present to our sight: we bow down to that glorious nature which the mighty Brahmá does not know; that which is thy nature, oh imperishable, in whom the universe abides." Then the gods having ended, Vrihaspati and the divine Rishis thus prayed: "We bow down to the being entitled to adoration; who is the first object of sacrifice; who was before the first of things; the creator of the creator of the world; the undefinable: oh lord of all that has been or is to be; imperishable type of sacrifice; have pity upon thy worshippers; appear to them, prostrate before thee. Here is Brahmá; here is Trilochana (the three-eyed Śiva), with the Rudras; Pushá, (the sun), with the Ádityas; and Fire, with all the mighty luminaries: here are the sons of Aswiní (the two Aswiní Kumáras), the Vasus and all the winds, the Sádhyas, the Viśwadevas, and Indra the king of the gods: all of whom bow lowly before thee: all the tribes of the immortals, vanquished by the demon host, have fled to thee for succour." > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.59) - [Next: 1.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.61) - [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.1.9.8) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.9.p3.4) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta) — Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṅkarāsaṅkarabhāṣyavimarśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.sankarasankarabhasyavimarsa.4.38.265) — Rāmarāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.60) · Pramāṇa