[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) › 2.12.34 # Vishnupurana 2.12.34 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.12.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [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 - [Previous: 2.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.33) - [Next: 2.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.35) - [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.2.12.5) — 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.2.12.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.34) · Pramāṇa