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# Vishnupurana 3.1.20-23

Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.1.20-23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.20)

pañcame cāpi maitreya raivato nāma nāmataḥ  
manur vibhuś ca tatrendro devāṃś caivāntare śṛṇu //

> In the fifth interval the Manu was Raivata: the Indra was Vibhu: the classes of gods, consisting of fourteen each, were the Amitábhas, Abhútarajasas, Vaikunthas, and Sumedhasas: the seven Rishis were Hirańyaromá, Vedasrí, Urddhabáhu, Vedabáhu, Sudháman, Parjanya, and Mahámuni: the sons of Raivata were Balabandhu, Susambhávya, Satyaka, and other valiant kings.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.21)

amitābhā bhūtarayā vaikuṇṭhāḥ sasumedhasaḥ  
ete devagaṇās tatra caturdaśa caturdaśa //

> In the fifth interval the Manu was Raivata: the Indra was Vibhu: the classes of gods, consisting of fourteen each, were the Amitábhas, Abhútarajasas, Vaikunthas, and Sumedhasas: the seven Rishis were Hirańyaromá, Vedasrí, Urddhabáhu, Vedabáhu, Sudháman, Parjanya, and Mahámuni: the sons of Raivata were Balabandhu, Susambhávya, Satyaka, and other valiant kings.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.22)

hiraṇyaromā vedaśrīr ūrdhvabāhus tathāparaḥ  
vedabāhuḥ sudhāmā ca parjanyaś ca mahāmuniḥ  
ete saptarṣayo vipra tatrāsan raivate 'ntare //

> In the fifth interval the Manu was Raivata: the Indra was Vibhu: the classes of gods, consisting of fourteen each, were the Amitábhas, Abhútarajasas, Vaikunthas, and Sumedhasas: the seven Rishis were Hirańyaromá, Vedasrí, Urddhabáhu, Vedabáhu, Sudháman, Parjanya, and Mahámuni: the sons of Raivata were Balabandhu, Susambhávya, Satyaka, and other valiant kings.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.23)

balabandhuḥ susaṃbhāvyaḥ satyakādyāś ca tatsutāḥ  
narendrāḥ sumahāvīryā babhūvur munisattama //

> In the fifth interval the Manu was Raivata: the Indra was Vibhu: the classes of gods, consisting of fourteen each, were the Amitábhas, Abhútarajasas, Vaikunthas, and Sumedhasas: the seven Rishis were Hirańyaromá, Vedasrí, Urddhabáhu, Vedabáhu, Sudháman, Parjanya, and Mahámuni: the sons of Raivata were Balabandhu, Susambhávya, Satyaka, and other valiant kings.  
> — 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.3.1.7) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.1.p7) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.1.20) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.75.73) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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