[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) › 2.2.1-4 # Vishnupurana 2.2.1-4 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.2.1-4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — 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.2.2.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.2.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.2.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.18.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.2.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.2.1-4) · Pramāṇa