[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) › 6.3.2 # Vishnupurana 6.3.2 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.3.2) brāhmo naimittikas teṣāṃ kalpānte pratisaṃcaraḥ ātyantikaś ca mokṣākhyaḥ prākṛto dviparārdhikaḥ // > THE dissolution of existing beings is of three kinds, incidental, elemental, and absolute. The incidental is that which relates to Brahmá, and occurs at the end of a Kalpa: the elemental is that which takes place after two Parárddhas: the absolute is final liberation from existence. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 6.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.3.1) - [Next: 6.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.3.3) - [Up: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.6.3.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.3.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.3.2) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.232.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.3.2) · Pramāṇa