[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) › 3.10.15 # Vishnupurana 3.10.15 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.10.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.15) vaikhānaso vāpi bhavet parivrāḍ athavecchayā pūrvasaṃkalpitaṃ yādṛk tādṛk kuryān mahīpate // > "When he has finished his studies, and given the parting donation to his preceptor, the man who wishes to lead the life of a householder must take a wife. If he does not propose to enter into the married state, he may remain as a student with his teacher, first making a vow to that effect, and employ himself in the service of his preceptor and of that preceptor's descendants; or he may at once become a hermit, or adopt the order of the religious mendicant, according to his original determination. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 3.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.14) - [Next: 3.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.16) - [Up: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.10.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.10.p4) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.10.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.15) · Pramāṇa