[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) › 4.1.17 # Vishnupurana 4.1.17 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1.17) tatpitrā tu vasiṣṭhavacanāt pratiṣṭhānaṃ nāma nagaraṃ sudyumnāya dattaṃ tac cāsau purūravase prādāt || > In consequence of his having been formerly a female, Sudyumna was excluded from any share in his paternal dominions; but his father, at the suggestion of Vaśisht́ha, bestowed upon him the city Pratisht́hána, and he gave it to Purúravas. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 4.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1.16) - [Next: 4.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1.18) - [Up: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.1.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.1.p5) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.1.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1.17) · Pramāṇa