Movements of the Planets (grahacāra) - Verse 14
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 57.14
Sanskrit Original
भार्गवात्पादहीनस्तु विज्ञेयो वै बृहस्पतिः। पादहीनौ वक्रसौरी तथायामप्रमाणतः।।
bhārgavātpādahīnastu vijñeyo vai bṛhaspatiḥ| pādahīnau vakrasaurī tathāyāmapramāṇataḥ||
Sūta said:: Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) is of three-fourths of the size of Venus. Mars and Saturn are three-fourths of the size of Bṛhaspati. Budha (Mercury) is three-fourths of their size in extent and circumference. The stars and constellations, that have a body are equal to Budha in extent and circumference. The knower of truth must note that the stars that are in conjunction with the moon are ordinarily known as Ṛkṣas. The spheres of the comparatively smaller stars extend to five, four, three or two yojanas. Over all these there are still clusters of smaller stars which extend only to two hundred yojanas. There is none smaller than this.