[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) › 2.12.36 # Vishnupurana 2.12.36 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.12.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.36) varṣāṇāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca ye ca teṣu vasanti vai teṣāṃ svarūpam ākhyātaṃ saṃkṣepāc chrūyatāṃ punaḥ // > I have now described to you the disposition of the earth and of the stars; of the insular zones, with their oceans and mountains, their Varshas or regions, and their inhabitants: their nature has also been explained, but it may be briefly recapitulated. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.35) - [Next: 2.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.37) - [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.2.12.6) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.12.p5) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.12.36) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.24.128) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.36) · Pramāṇa