[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) › 4.13.5.p1 # Vishnupurana 4.13.5.p1 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.13.5.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.13.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.13.5.p1) vṛṣṇeḥ sumitro yudhājic ca putrāv abhūtām | tataś cānamitraśinī tathānamitrān nighno nighnasya prasenasatrājitau | tasya satrājitasya bhagavān ādityaḥ sakhābhavat | ekadā tv ambhonidhitīrasaṃśrayaḥ sūryaṃ satrājitas tuṣṭāva tanmanaskatayā ca bhāsvān abhiṣṭūyamāno 'gratas tasya tasthau | aspaṣṭamūrtidharaṃ cainam ālokya satrājitaḥ sūryam āha | yathaiva vyomni vahnipiṇḍopamam aham apaśyaṃ tathaivādyāgrato gatam apy atra na kiṃcid bhagavatā prasādīkṛtaṃ viśeṣam upalakṣayāmi || > On one occasion Satrájit, whilst walking along the sea shore, addressed his mind to Súrya, and hymned his praises; on which the divinity appeared and stood before him. Beholding him in an indistinct shape, Satrájit said to the sun, "I have beheld thee, lord, in the heavens as a globe of fire: now do thou shew favour unto me, that I may see thee in thy proper form." On this the sun taking the jewel called Syamantaka from off his neck, placed it apart, and Satrájit beheld him of a dwarfish stature, with a body like burnished copper, and with slightly reddish eyes. Having offered his adorations, the sun desired him to demand a boon, and he requested that the jewel might become his. The sun presented it to him, and then resumed his place in the sky. Having obtained the spotless gem of gems, Satrájit wore it on his neck, and becoming as brilliant thereby as the sun himself, irradiating all the region with his splendour, he returned to Dwáraká. The inhabitants of that city, beholding him approach, repaired to the eternal male, Purushottama, who, to sustain the burden of the earth, had assumed a mortal form (as Krishńa), and said to him, "Lord, assuredly the divine sun is coming to visit you." But Krishńa smiled, and said, "It is not the divine sun, but Satrájit, to whom Áditya has presented the Syamantaka gem, and he now wears it: go and behold him without apprehension." Accordingly they departed. Satrájit having gone to his house, there deposited the jewel, which yielded daily eight loads of gold, and through its marvellous virtue dispelled all fear of portents, wild beasts, fire, robbers, and famine. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 4.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.13.5) - [Next: 4.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.13.6) - [Up: 4.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.13.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.13.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.13.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.13.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.13.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.13.5.p1) · Pramāṇa