[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) › 2.12.28 # Vishnupurana 2.12.28 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.12.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.28) alātacakravad yānti vātacakreritāni tu yasmāj jyotīṃṣi vahati pravahas tena sa smṛtaḥ // > I have thus described to you, Maitreya, the chariots of the nine planets, all which are fastened to Dhruva by aerial cords. The orbs of all the planets, asterisms, and stars are attached to Dhruva, and travel accordingly in their proper orbits, being kept in their places by their respective bands of air. As many as are the stars, so many are the chains of air that secure them to Dhruva; and as they turn round, they cause the pole-star also to revolve. In the same manner as the oil-man himself, going round, causes the spindle to revolve, so the planets travel round, suspended by cords of air, which are circling round a (whirling) centre. The air, which is called Pravaha, is so termed because it bears along the planets, which turn round, like a disc of fire, driven by the aerial wheel. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.27) - [Next: 2.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.29) - [Up: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.12.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.12.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.12.28) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.23.98) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.52.90) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.127.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.28) · Pramāṇa