[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) › 5.31.18 # Vishnupurana 5.31.18 Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.31.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.31.18) niśāsu ca jagatsraṣṭā tāsāṃ geheṣu keśavaḥ uvāsa vipra sarvāsāṃ viśvarūpadharo hariḥ // > at one and the same moment he received the hands of all of them, according to the ritual, in separate mansions. Sixteen thousand and one hundred was the number of the maidens, and into so many different forms did the foe of Madhu multiply himself; so that every one of the damsels thought that he had wedded her in his single person; and the creator of the world, Hari, the assumer of universal shape, abode severally in the dwelling of each of these his wives. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [5.31.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.31.18.p1) iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe ekatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > at one and the same moment he received the hands of all of them, according to the ritual, in separate mansions. Sixteen thousand and one hundred was the number of the maidens, and into so many different forms did the foe of Madhu multiply himself; so that every one of the damsels thought that he had wedded her in his single person; and the creator of the world, Hari, the assumer of universal shape, abode severally in the dwelling of each of these his wives. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.31.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.31.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.31.18) · Pramāṇa