Movements of the Planets (grahacāra) - Verse 37
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 57.37
Sanskrit Original
एवं संक्षिप्य कथितं ग्रहाणां गमनं द्विजाः। भास्करप्रमुखानां च यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम।।
evaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ grahāṇāṃ gamanaṃ dvijāḥ| bhāskarapramukhānāṃ ca yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam||
Sūta said:: By knowing the region, of Viṣṇu, beyond all these, one is liberated from sin. Two hundred thousand Yojanas above Constellations, stars, the planets—Sun and Moon which are united with divine refulgence, move ahead day and night in due order. They come into contact with the constellations everyday. Hence they are sometimes stationed below, sometimes above and sometimes in a straight line. They glance at the subjects (below) simultaneously when in conjunction or when separated.