[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) › 2.8.81 # Vishnupurana 2.8.81 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.8.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.81) tapastapasyau madhumādhavau ca śukraḥ śuciś cāyanam uttaraṃ syāt nabho nabhasyo 'tha iṣaś ca sorjaḥ sahaḥsahasyāv iti dakṣiṇaṃ syāt // > The sun is in his northern declination in the months Tapas, Tapasya, Madhu, Mádhava, Śukra, and Śuchi; and in his southern in those of Nabhas, Nabhasya, Isha, Úrja, Sahas, Sahasya. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.80) - [Next: 2.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.82) - [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.2.8.13) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.8.p12) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.8.81) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.21.151) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.201) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.81) · Pramāṇa