[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) › 2.3.4-5 # Vishnupurana 2.3.4-5 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.3.4-5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [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.2.3.3) — 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.2.3.4) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.19.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.4-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.4-5) · Pramāṇa