Movements of the Planets (grahacāra) - Verse 17
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 57.17
Sanskrit Original
तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि हीनानि तु परस्परम। शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव योजने।।
tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparam| śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane||
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.