[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) › 6.4.9 # Vishnupurana 6.4.9 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.4.9) padmayoner dinaṃ yat tu caturyugasahasravat ekārṇave kṛte loke tāvatī rātrir iṣyate // > When the universal spirit wakes, the world revives; when he closes his eyes, all things fall upon the bed of mystic slumber. In like manner as a thousand great ages constitute a day of Brahmá, so his night consists of the same period; during which the world is submerged by a vast ocean. Awaking at the end of his night, the unborn, Vishńu, in the character of Brahmá, creates the universe anew, in the manner formerly related to you. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 6.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.4.8) - [Next: 6.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.4.10) - [Up: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.4) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.6.4.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.4.p2.1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.4.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.233.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.4.9) · Pramāṇa