[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) › 3.1.6 # Vishnupurana 3.1.6 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.6) svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ manuḥ svārociṣas tathā uttamas tāmasaś caiva raivataś cākṣuṣas tathā // > The first Manu was Swáyambhuva, then came Swárochisha, then Auttami, then Támasa, then Raivata, then Chákshusha: these six Manus have passed away. The Manu who presides over the seventh Manwantara, which is the present period, is Vaivaswata, the son of the sun. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.5) - [Next: 3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.7) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.1.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.1.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.1.6) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.40.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.6) · Pramāṇa