[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) › 5.32.9 # Vishnupurana 5.32.9 Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.32.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.32.9) maitreya uvāca: kathaṃ yuddham abhūd brahmann uṣārthe harakṛṣṇayoḥ kathaṃ kṣayaṃ ca bāṇasya bāhūnāṃ kṛtavān hariḥ // > MAITREYA.--HOW happened it, venerable Brahman, that a contest on account of Ushá arose between Śiva and Krishńa? and in what manner did Hari cut off the thousand arms of Báńa? This, illustrious sir, thou art able to narrate. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 5.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.32.8) - [Next: 5.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.32.10) - [Up: 5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.32) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.32.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.32.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.32.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.205.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.32.9) · Pramāṇa