[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) › 2.3.1-5 # Vishnupurana 2.3.1-5 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.3.1-5 - **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 ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.3) mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimān ṛkṣaparvataḥ vindhyaś ca pāriyātraś ca saptātra kulaparvatāḥ // > The seven main chains of mountains in Bhárata are Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimat, Riksha, Vindhya, and Páripátra. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.4) ataḥ saṃprāpyate svargo muktim asmāt prayānti ca tiryaktvaṃ narakaṃ cāpi yānty ataḥ puruṣā mune // > From this region heaven is obtained, or even, in some cases, liberation from existence; or men pass from hence into the condition of brutes, or fall into hell. Heaven, emancipation, a state in mid-air, or in the subterraneous realms, succeeds to existence here, and the world of acts is not the title of any other portion of the universe. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.5) itaḥ svargaś ca mokṣaś ca madhyaṃ cāntaś ca gamyate na khalv anyatra martyānāṃ karma bhūmau vidhīyate // > From this region heaven is obtained, or even, in some cases, liberation from existence; or men pass from hence into the condition of brutes, or fall into hell. Heaven, emancipation, a state in mid-air, or in the subterraneous realms, succeeds to existence here, and the world of acts is not the title of any other portion of the universe. > — 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 ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.118.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.19.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.1-5) · Pramāṇa