[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) › 6.1.8 # Vishnupurana 6.1.8 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.1.8) maitreya uvāca: kaleḥ svarūpaṃ bhagavan vistarād vaktum arhasi dharmaś catuṣpād bhagavan yasmin viplavam ṛcchati // > MAITREYA.--Venerable sir, you are able to give me a description of the nature of the Kali age, in which four-footed virtue suffers total extinction. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 6.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.1.7) - [Next: 6.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.1.9) - [Up: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.6.1.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.1.p3) — 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 ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.1.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.1.8) · Pramāṇa