[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) › 5.1.0x0 # Vishnupurana 5.1.0x0 Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.1.0x0 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.1.0x0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.1.0x0) śrīmate rāmānujāya namaḥ || > MAITREYA. --You have related to me a full account of all the different dynasties of kings, and of their successive transactions. I wish now to hear a more particular description, holy Rishi, of the portion of Vishńu that came down upon earth, and was born in the family of Yadu. Tell me also what actions he performed in his descent, as a part of a part of the supreme, upon the earth. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 4.24.70.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.70.p1) - [Next: 5.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.1.1) - [Up: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.1.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.1.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta) — Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.1.0x0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.1.0x0) · Pramāṇa