Translation

Vishnu Puranaविष्णुपुराण

By Anonymous (traditionally attributed to Vyāsa). Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (drawing on H. H. Wilson), 1894. Public domain.

One of the eighteen Mahapuranas, regarded in the textual tradition as the canonical 'first' Purana. Six books (aṃśas) totalling 126 sections covering cosmology, the genealogies of gods and kings, the dynasties of the solar and lunar lines, the life of Krishna, and the cycle of yugas. Dutt's prose translation builds on Wilson's earlier 1840 verse rendering and is the most accessible complete public-domain English version.

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Chapters

Chapter 101
Book I — Section I
Chapter 102
Book I — Section II
Chapter 103
Book I — Section III
Chapter 104
Book I — Section IV
Chapter 105
Book I — Section V
Chapter 106
Book I — Section VI
Chapter 107
Book I — Section VII
Chapter 108
Book I — Section VIII
Chapter 109
Book I — Section IX
Chapter 110
Book I — Section X
Chapter 111
Book I — Section XI
Chapter 112
Book I — Section XII
Chapter 113
Book I — Section XIII
Chapter 114
Book I — Section XIV
Chapter 115
Book I — Section XV
Chapter 116
Book I — Section XVI
Chapter 117
Book I — Section XVII
Chapter 118
Book I — Section XVIII
Chapter 119
Book I — Section XIX
Chapter 120
Book I — Section XX
Chapter 121
Book I — Section XXI
Chapter 122
Book I — Section XXII
Chapter 201
Book II — Section I
Chapter 202
Book II — Section II
Chapter 203
Book II — Section III
Chapter 204
Book II — Section IV
Chapter 205
Book II — Section V
Chapter 206
Book II — Section VI
Chapter 207
Book II — Section VII
Chapter 208
Book II — Section VIII
Chapter 209
Book II — Section IX
Chapter 210
Book II — Section X
Chapter 211
Book II — Section XI
Chapter 212
Book II — Section XII
Chapter 213
Book II — Section XIII
Chapter 214
Book II — Section XIV
Chapter 215
Book II — Section XV
Chapter 216
Book II — Section XVI
Chapter 301
Book III — Section I
Chapter 302
Book III — Section II
Chapter 303
Book III — Section III
Chapter 304
Book III — Section IV
Chapter 305
Book III — Section V
Chapter 306
Book III — Section VI
Chapter 307
Book III — Section VII
Chapter 308
Book III — Section VIII
Chapter 309
Book III — Section IX
Chapter 310
Book III — Section X
Chapter 311
Book III — Section XI
Chapter 312
Book III — Section XII
Chapter 313
Book III — Section XIII
Chapter 314
Book III — Section XIV
Chapter 315
Book III — Section XV
Chapter 316
Book III — Section XVI
Chapter 317
Book III — Section XVII
Chapter 318
Book III — Section XVIII
Chapter 401
Book IV — Section I
Chapter 402
Book IV — Section II
Chapter 403
Book IV — Section III
Chapter 404
Book IV — Section IV
Chapter 405
Book IV — Section V
Chapter 406
Book IV — Section VI
Chapter 407
Book IV — Section VII
Chapter 408
Book IV — Section VIII
Chapter 409
Book IV — Section IX
Chapter 410
Book IV — Section X
Chapter 411
Book IV — Section XI
Chapter 412
Book IV — Section XII
Chapter 413
Book IV — Section XIII
Chapter 414
Book IV — Section XIV
Chapter 415
Book IV — Section XV
Chapter 416
Book IV — Section XVI
Chapter 417
Book IV — Section XVII
Chapter 418
Book IV — Section XVIII
Chapter 419
Book IV — Section XIX
Chapter 420
Book IV — Section XX
Chapter 421
Book IV — Section XXI
Chapter 422
Book IV — Section XXII
Chapter 423
Book IV — Section XXIII
Chapter 424
Book IV — Section XXIV
Chapter 501
Book V — Section I
Chapter 502
Book V — Section II
Chapter 503
Book V — Section III
Chapter 504
Book V — Section IV
Chapter 505
Book V — Section V
Chapter 506
Book V — Section VI
Chapter 507
Book V — Section VII
Chapter 508
Book V — Section VIII
Chapter 509
Book V — Section IX
Chapter 510
Book V — Section X
Chapter 511
Book V — Section XI
Chapter 512
Book V — Section XII
Chapter 513
Book V — Section XIII
Chapter 514
Book V — Section XIV
Chapter 515
Book V — Section XV
Chapter 516
Book V — Section XVI
Chapter 517
Book V — Section XVII
Chapter 518
Book V — Section XVIII
Chapter 519
Book V — Section XIX
Chapter 520
Book V — Section XX
Chapter 521
Book V — Section XXI
Chapter 522
Book V — Section XXII
Chapter 523
Book V — Section XXIII
Chapter 524
Book V — Section XXIV
Chapter 525
Book V — Section XXV
Chapter 526
Book V — Section XXVI
Chapter 527
Book V — Section XXVII
Chapter 528
Book V — Section XXVIII
Chapter 529
Book V — Section XXIX
Chapter 530
Book V — Section XXX
Chapter 531
Book V — Section XXXI
Chapter 532
Book V — Section XXXII
Chapter 533
Book V — Section XXXIII
Chapter 534
Book V — Section XXXIV
Chapter 535
Book V — Section XXXV
Chapter 536
Book V — Section XXXVI
Chapter 537
Book V — Section XXXVII
Chapter 538
Book V — Section XXXVIII
Chapter 601
Book VI — Section I
Chapter 602
Book VI — Section II
Chapter 603
Book VI — Section III
Chapter 604
Book VI — Section IV
Chapter 605
Book VI — Section V
Chapter 606
Book VI — Section VI
Chapter 607
Book VI — Section VII
Chapter 608
Book VI — Section VIII