[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) › 3.15.56 # Vishnupurana 3.15.56 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.15.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.15.56) sahasrasyāpi viprāṇāṃ yogī cet purataḥ sthitaḥ sarvān bhoktṝṃs tārayati yajamānaṃ tathā nṛpa // > "The class of Pitris derives support from the moon, and the moon is sustained by acts of austere devotion. Hence the appointment of one who practises austerities is most desirable. A Yogi set before a thousand Brahmans enables the institutor of obsequial rites to enjoy all his desires." > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.15.56.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.15.56.p1) iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe tṛtīyāṃśe pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > "The class of Pitris derives support from the moon, and the moon is sustained by acts of austere devotion. Hence the appointment of one who practises austerities is most desirable. A Yogi set before a thousand Brahmans enables the institutor of obsequial rites to enjoy all his desires." > — 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.3.15.8) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.15.p7) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.15.56) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.14.48) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.15.56) · Pramāṇa