Vishnupurana 2.2.1-4
Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.2.1-4
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.2.1
maitreya uvāca:
kathito bhavatā brahman sargaḥ svāyambhuvasya me
śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ tvattaḥ sakalaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ //
MAITREYA.--You have related to me, Brahman, the creation of Swáyambhuva; I am now desirous to hear from you a description of the earth: how many are its oceans and islands, its kingdoms and its mountains, its forests and rivers and the cities of the gods, its dimensions, its contents, its nature, and its form.
2.2.2
yāvantaḥ sāgarā dvīpās tathā varṣāṇi parvatāḥ
vanāni saritaḥ puryo devādīnāṃ tathā mune //
MAITREYA.--You have related to me, Brahman, the creation of Swáyambhuva; I am now desirous to hear from you a description of the earth: how many are its oceans and islands, its kingdoms and its mountains, its forests and rivers and the cities of the gods, its dimensions, its contents, its nature, and its form.
2.2.3
yatpramāṇam idaṃ sarvaṃ yadādhāraṃ yadātmakam
saṃsthānam asya ca mune yathāvad vaktum arhasi //
MAITREYA.--You have related to me, Brahman, the creation of Swáyambhuva; I am now desirous to hear from you a description of the earth: how many are its oceans and islands, its kingdoms and its mountains, its forests and rivers and the cities of the gods, its dimensions, its contents, its nature, and its form.
2.2.4
parāśara uvāca:
maitreya śrūyatām etat saṃkṣepād gadato mama
nāsya varṣaśatenāpi vaktuṃ śaknomi vistaram //
PARÁŚARA.--You shall hear, Maitreya, a brief account of the earth from me: a full detail I could not give you in a century.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Brahmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit