[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) › 6.6.5 # Vishnupurana 6.6.5 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.6.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.5) parāśara uvāca: yathā keśidhvajaḥ prāha khāṇḍikyāya mahātmane janakāya purā yogaṃ tathāhaṃ kathayāmi te // > PARÁŚARA.--I will repeat to you, Maitreya, the explanation formerly given by Keśidhwaja to the magnanimous Kháńd́ikya, also called Janaka. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 6.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.4) - [Next: 6.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.6) - [Up: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.6.6.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.6.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.6.5) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.46.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.5) · Pramāṇa