Information about Heavenly bodies (stars, planets etc.) - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 23 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
हैमन्तिकौ तु द्वौ मासौ वसंति च दिवाकरे। अंशो भगश्च द्वावैतौ कश्यपश्य क्रतुश्च ह।।
haimantikau tu dvau māsau vasaṃti ca divākare| aṃśo bhagaśca dvāvaitau kaśyapaśya kratuśca ha||
Sūta said: The following stay in the sun during the two months of Hemanta (Early Winter); they are the two (Devas) Aṃśa and Bhaga; (the two sages) Kāśyapa and Kratu; the two serpents Mahāpadma and Karkoṭaka; the two Gandharvas Citrasena and Ūrṇāyu; the two celestial damsels Urvaśī and Pūrvacittī [Pūrvacitti?]; Tārkṣa and Ariṣṭanemi who are Senānī (commanders) as Yakṣas and Vidyutsphūrja and Śatāyu who are cited as Yātuhānas (demons)—these reside in the sun in the months of Saha and Sahasya (Mārgaśīrṣa and Pauṣa).