[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) › 2.4.1-2 # Vishnupurana 2.4.1-2 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.4.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.4.1) parāśara uvāca: kṣārodena yathā dvīpo jambūsaṃjño 'bhiveṣṭitaḥ saṃveṣṭya kṣāram udadhiṃ plakṣadvīpas tathā sthitaḥ // > IN the same manner as Jambu-dwípa is girt round about by the ocean of salt water, so that ocean is surrounded by the insular continent of Plaksha; the extent of which is twice that of Jambu-dwípa. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.4.2) jambūdvīpasya vistāraḥ śatasāhasrasaṃmitaḥ sa evaṃ dviguṇo brahman plakṣadvīpa udāhṛtaḥ // > IN the same manner as Jambu-dwípa is girt round about by the ocean of salt water, so that ocean is surrounded by the insular continent of Plaksha; the extent of which is twice that of Jambu-dwípa. > — 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.2.4.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.4.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.4.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.20.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.18.23) — Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.119.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.4.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.4.1-2) · Pramāṇa