Movements of Luminaries (jyotiścakra) - Verse 25
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 54.25
Sanskrit Original
अहर्भवति तच्चापि चरते मन्दविक्रमः। त्रयोदशार्धम ऋक्षाणि नक्तं द्वादशभी रविः। मुहूर्तैस तावद ऋक्षाणि दिवाष्टादशभिश्चरन।।
aharbhavati taccāpi carate mandavikramaḥ| trayodaśārdham ṛkṣāṇi naktaṃ dvādaśabhī raviḥ| muhūrtais tāvad ṛkṣāṇi divāṣṭādaśabhiścaran||
Sūta said: Hence he traverses a smaller area in the course of a longer time. That chariot of the sun is occupied by Ādityas, sages, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Grāmaṇīs, Serpents, and Rākṣasas. The thousand-rayed sun emits his rays in front, behind, below and above. Thereby he illuminates the excellent assembly of Brahmā. During the sandhyās (dawn and dusk) the brahmins and sages offer water-libations. With these waters, the sun kills the demons as and when they come near him and then goes ahead.