[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) › 3.17.1-2 # Vishnupurana 3.17.1-2 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.17.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.1) parāśara uvāca: ity āha bhagavān aurvaḥ sagarāya mahātmane sadācārān purā samyaṅ maitreya paripṛcchate // > PARÁŚARA.--Thus, in former days, spake the holy Aurva to the illustrious monarch Sagara, when he inquired concerning the usages proper to be practised by mankind; and thus I have explained to you the whole of those observances against which no one ought to transgress. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.2) mayāpy etad aśeṣeṇa kathitaṃ bhavato dvija samullaṅghya sadācāraṃ kaścin nāpnoti śobhanam // > PARÁŚARA.--Thus, in former days, spake the holy Aurva to the illustrious monarch Sagara, when he inquired concerning the usages proper to be practised by mankind; and thus I have explained to you the whole of those observances against which no one ought to transgress. > — 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.3.17.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.17.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.17.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.1-2) · Pramāṇa