[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) › 3.10.25 # Vishnupurana 3.10.25 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.10.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.25) eteṣāṃ yasya yo dharmo varṇasyokto maharṣibhiḥ kurvīta dārāharaṇaṃ tenānyaṃ parivarjayet // > "The forms of marriage are eight, the Brahmá, Daiva, the Ársha, Prájápatya, Asúra, Gándharba, Rákshasa, and Paiśácha; which last is the worst: but the caste to which either form has been enjoined as lawful by inspired sages should avoid any other mode of taking a wife. The householder who espouses a female connected with him by similarity of religious and civil obligations, and along with her discharges the duties of his condition, derives from such a wife great benefits." > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 3.10.24x18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.24x18-2) - [Next: 3.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.26) - [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.3.10.6) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.10.p6) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.10.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.10.25) · Pramāṇa