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# Vishnupurana 5.34.3

Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.34.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.34.3)

parāśara uvāca:  
gadato mama viprarṣe śrūyatām idam ādarāt  
narāvatāre kṛṣṇena dagdhā vārāṇasī yathā //

> PARÁŚARA.--Hear, excellent Brahman, with reverent attention, an account of the burning of Varáńasí by Krishńa, in the course of his relieving the burdens of the earth.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.34.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.34.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.34.3) — Sanskrit

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