[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) › 6.2.40 # Vishnupurana 6.2.40 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.2.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.2.40) yac cāhaṃ bhavatā pṛṣṭo jagatām upasaṃhṛtim prākṛtām antarālāṃ ca tām apy eṣa vadāmi te // > The Munis then saluted and praised Vyása, and, being freed by him from uncertainty, departed as they came. To you also, excellent Maitreya, have I imparted this secret, this one great virtue of the otherwise vicious Kali age. The dissolution of the world, and the aggregation of the elements, I will now describe to you. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [6.2.40.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.2.40.p1) iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe ṣaṣṭhe 'ṃśe dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ > The Munis then saluted and praised Vyása, and, being freed by him from uncertainty, departed as they came. To you also, excellent Maitreya, have I imparted this secret, this one great virtue of the otherwise vicious Kali age. The dissolution of the world, and the aggregation of the elements, I will now describe to you. > — 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.6.2.6) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.2.p6) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.2.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.2.40) · Pramāṇa