[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) › 4.16 # Vishnupurana 4.16 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.16.2) — 1 part ### [4.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.16.1) parāśara uvāca: ity eṣa samāsatas te kathito yador vaṃśaḥ | turvasor vaṃśam avadhāraya || > PARÁŚARA.--I shall now summarily give you an account of the descendants of Turvasu. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.16.2) turvasor vahnir ātmajo vahner gobhānus tataś ca traiśānus tasmāc ca karaṃdhamaḥ | tasyāpi maruttaḥ | so 'napatyo 'bhavat | tataś ca pauravaṃ duṣyantaṃ putram akalpayat | evaṃ yayātiśāpāt tadvaṃśaḥ pauravam vaṃśaṃ samāśritavān || > The son of Turvasu was Vahni; his son was Gobánu; his son was Traiśámba; his son was Karandhama; his son was Marutta. Marutta had no children, and he therefore adopted Dushyanta, of the family of Puru; by which the line of Turvasu merged into that of Puru. This took place in consequence of the malediction denounced on his son by Yayáti. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.16.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.16.2.p1) iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe caturthe 'ṃśe ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.16.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.16.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.16.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.16) · Pramāṇa