[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) › 2.8.100 # Vishnupurana 2.8.100 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.8.100 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.100) apuṇyapuṇyoparame kṣīṇāśeṣāptihetavaḥ yatra gatvā na śocanti tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam // > The space between the seven Rishis and Dhruva, the third region of the sky, is the splendid celestial path of Vishńu (Vishńupada), and the abode of those sanctified ascetics who are cleansed from every soil, and in whom virtue and vice are annihilated. This is that excellent place of Vishńu to which those repair in whom all sources of pain are extinct, in consequence of the cessation of the consequences of piety or iniquity, and where they never sorrow more. There abide Dharma, Dhruva, and other spectators of the world, radiant with the superhuman faculties of Vishńu, acquired through religious meditation; and there are fastened and inwoven to all that is, and all that shall ever be, animate or inanimate. The seat of Vishńu is contemplated by the wisdom of the Yogis, identified with supreme light, as the radiant eye of heaven. In this portion of the heavens the splendid Dhruva is stationed, and serves for the pivot of the atmosphere. On Dhruva rest the seven great planets, and on them depend the clouds. The rains are suspended in the clouds, and from the rains come the water which is the nutriment and delight of all, the gods and the rest; and they, the gods, who are the receivers of oblations, being nourished by burnt-offerings, cause the rain to fall for the support of created beings. This sacred station of Vishńu, therefore, is the support of the three worlds, as it is the source of rain. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.99) - [Next: 2.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.101) - [Up: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.8.17) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.8.p15) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.8.100) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.21.176) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.222) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.4.3) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.113) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kālahastīśavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kalahastisavilasa.1.125) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.100) · Pramāṇa