Information about Heavenly bodies (stars, planets etc.) - Verse 19
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 23 · Verse 19
Sanskrit Original
विद्युत्स्फूर्जः शतायुश्च यातुधानावुदात्दृतौ। सहे चैव सहस्ये च वसंत्येते दिवाकरे।।
vidyutsphūrjaḥ śatāyuśca yātudhānāvudātdṛtau| sahe caiva sahasye ca vasaṃtyete divākare||
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).