[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) › 2.12.29-34 # Vishnupurana 2.12.29-34 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.12.29-34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.29) śiśumāras tu yaḥ proktaḥ sa dhruvo yatra tiṣṭhati saṃniveśaṃ ca tasyāpi śṛṇuṣva munisattama // > The celestial porpoise, in which Dhruva is fixed, has been mentioned, but you shall hear its constituent parts in more detail, as it is of great efficacy; for the view of it at night expiates whatever sin has been committed during the day; and those who behold it live as many years as there are stars in it, in the sky, or even more. Uttánapáda is to be considered as its upper jaw; Sacrifice as its lower. Dharma is situated on its brow; Náráyańa in its heart. The Áswins are its two fore feet; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.30) yad ahnā kurute pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ niśi mucyate yāvantyaś caiva tārās tāḥ śiśumārāśritā divi tāvanty eva tu varṣāṇi jīvaty abhyadhikāni ca // > The celestial porpoise, in which Dhruva is fixed, has been mentioned, but you shall hear its constituent parts in more detail, as it is of great efficacy; for the view of it at night expiates whatever sin has been committed during the day; and those who behold it live as many years as there are stars in it, in the sky, or even more. Uttánapáda is to be considered as its upper jaw; Sacrifice as its lower. Dharma is situated on its brow; Náráyańa in its heart. The Áswins are its two fore feet; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.31) uttānapādas tasyātha vijñeyo hy uttaro hanuḥ yajño 'dharaś ca vijñeyo dharmo mūrdhānam āśritaḥ // > The celestial porpoise, in which Dhruva is fixed, has been mentioned, but you shall hear its constituent parts in more detail, as it is of great efficacy; for the view of it at night expiates whatever sin has been committed during the day; and those who behold it live as many years as there are stars in it, in the sky, or even more. Uttánapáda is to be considered as its upper jaw; Sacrifice as its lower. Dharma is situated on its brow; Náráyańa in its heart. The Áswins are its two fore feet; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.32) hṛdi nārāyaṇaś cāste aśvinau pūrvapādayoḥ varuṇaś cāryamā caiva paścime tasya sakthinī // > The celestial porpoise, in which Dhruva is fixed, has been mentioned, but you shall hear its constituent parts in more detail, as it is of great efficacy; for the view of it at night expiates whatever sin has been committed during the day; and those who behold it live as many years as there are stars in it, in the sky, or even more. Uttánapáda is to be considered as its upper jaw; Sacrifice as its lower. Dharma is situated on its brow; Náráyańa in its heart. The Áswins are its two fore feet; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition > and Varuńa and Áryamat its two hinder legs. Samvatsara is its sexual organ; Mitra its organ of excretion. Agni, Mahendra, Kaśyapa, and Dhruva, in succession, are placed in its tail; which four stars in this constellation never set. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.33) śiśnaṃ saṃvatsaras tasya mitro 'pānaṃ samāśritaḥ // > and Varuńa and Áryamat its two hinder legs. Samvatsara is its sexual organ; Mitra its organ of excretion. Agni, Mahendra, Kaśyapa, and Dhruva, in succession, are placed in its tail; which four stars in this constellation never set. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.34) pucche 'gniś ca mahendraś ca kaśyapo 'tha tato dhruvaḥ tārakā śiśumārasya nāstam eti catuṣṭayam // > and Varuńa and Áryamat its two hinder legs. Samvatsara is its sexual organ; Mitra its organ of excretion. Agni, Mahendra, Kaśyapa, and Dhruva, in succession, are placed in its tail; which four stars in this constellation never set. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.12.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.12.p4) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.12.29) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.127.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.23.103) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.52.94) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.29-34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.29-34) · Pramāṇa