[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) › 2.3.1-2 # Vishnupurana 2.3.1-2 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.3.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.1) parāśara uvāca: uttaraṃ yat samudrasya himādreś caiva dakṣiṇam varṣaṃ tad bhārataṃ nāma bhāratī yatra saṃtatiḥ // > THE country that lies north of the ocean, and south of the snowy mountains, is called Bhárata, for there dwelt the descendants of Bharata. It is nine thousand leagues in extent, and is the land of works, in consequence of which men go to heaven, or obtain emancipation. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.2) navayojanasāhasro vistāro 'sya mahāmune karmabhūmir iyaṃ svargam apavargaṃ ca gacchatām // > THE country that lies north of the ocean, and south of the snowy mountains, is called Bhárata, for there dwelt the descendants of Bharata. It is nine thousand leagues in extent, and is the land of works, in consequence of which men go to heaven, or obtain emancipation. > — 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.2.3.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.3.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta.25.1) — Sanskrit - [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.51) — P. V. Kane, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c11.31) — John Muir, English - [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c5.s1.12) — D. C. Sircar, English - [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s1.25) — D. C. Sircar, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.1-2) · Pramāṇa