[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) › 6.8.61 # Vishnupurana 6.8.61 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.8.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.8.61) jñānapravṛttiniyamaikyamayāya puṃso bhogapradānapaṭave triguṇātmakāya avyākṛtāya bhavabhāvanakāraṇāya vande svarūpabhavanāya sadājarāya // > I adore him, that first of gods, Purushottama, who is without end and without beginning, without growth, without decay, without death; who is substance that knows not change. I adore that ever inexhaustible spirit; who assumed sensible qualities; who, though one, became many; who, though pure, became as if impure, by appearing in many and various shapes; who is endowed with divine wisdom, and is the author of the preservation of all creatures. I adore him, who is the one conjoined essence and object of both meditative wisdom and active virtue; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition > who is watchful in providing for human enjoyments; who is one with the three qualities; who, without undergoing change, is the cause of the evolution of the world; who exists of his own essence, ever exempt from decay. I constantly adore him, who is entitled heaven, air, fire, water, earth, and ether; who is the bestower of all the objects which give gratification to the senses; who benefits mankind with the instruments of fruition; who is perceptible, who is subtile, who is imperceptible. May that unborn, eternal Hari, whose form is manifold, and whose essence is composed of both nature and spirit, bestow upon all mankind that blessed state which knows neither birth nor decay! > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 6.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.8.60) - [Next: 6.8.61x25-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.8.61x25-1) - [Up: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.8) ## Translations (1) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.6.8.5) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.8.62) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.8.61) · Pramāṇa