Information about Heavenly bodies (stars, planets etc.) - Verse 23
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 23 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
ऋतजित्सत्यजिच्चैव गन्धर्वौं समुदाहृतौ। तपस्तपस्ययोः सूर्ये वसंति मुनिसत्तमाः।।
ṛtajitsatyajiccaiva gandharvauṃ samudāhṛtau| tapastapasyayoḥ sūrye vasaṃti munisattamāḥ||
Sūta said: The following reside in the sun during the months of Śiśira (late winter). They are (gods) Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu (sages) Jāmadagnya, Viśvāmitra; the two serpents Kambala and Aśvatara who are the sons of Kadru; the two Gandharvas Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Sūryavarcas; (the two celestial damsels) Tilottamā and Rambhā; the demon Brahmāpeta and the other well-known demon Yajñāpeta, and Ṛtajit and Satyajit who are cited as Gandharvas (rather Yakṣas)—all these, O excellent sages, reside in the sun during the months of Tapas and Tapasya (Māgha and Phālguna.)