Information about Heavenly bodies (stars, planets etc.) - Verse 17
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 23 · Verse 17
Sanskrit Original
भुजङ्गश्च महापद्मः सर्वः कर्केटक स्तथा। चित्रसेनश्च गन्धर्व ऊर्णायुश्चैव तावुभौ।।
bhujaṅgaśca mahāpadmaḥ sarvaḥ karkeṭaka stathā| citrasenaśca gandharva ūrṇāyuścaiva tāvubhau||
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).