[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) › 3.17.3 # Vishnupurana 3.17.3 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.17.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.3) maitreya uvāca: ṣaṇḍāpaviddhapramukhā viditā bhagavan mayā udakyādyāś ca ye sarve nagnam icchāmi veditum // > MAITREYA.--You have told me, venerable sir, that an ancestral rite is not to be looked upon by certain persons, amongst whom you mentioned such as were apostates. I am desirous to learn whom you intended by that appellation; what practices bestow such a title upon a man; and what is the character of the individual to whom you alluded. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 3.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.2) - [Next: 3.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.4) - [Up: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.17.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.17.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.17.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.17.3) · Pramāṇa