Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.23

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde devagrahānukīrtanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
saratho 'dhiṣṭhito devairādityairmunibhistathā /
gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ

ete vasaṃti vai sūrye dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu /
dhātār'yamā pulastyaśca pulahaśca prajāpatiḥ

erāvato vāsukiśca kaṃso bhīmaśca tāvubhau /
rathakṛcca rathaujāśca yakṣāvetāvudā tdṛtau

tuṃbururnāradaścaiva susthalā puñjikasthalā /
rakṣo hetiḥ prahetiśca yātudhānāvudāhṛtau

ete vasaṃti vai sūryye madhumādhavayoḥ sadā /
mitraśca varuṇaścaiva muniratrirudāhṛtaḥ

tathā vasiṣṭho vikhyātaḥ sahajanyā ca menakā /
rākṣasau ca samākhyātau pauruṣeyo vadhastathā

hāhā hūhūśca gandharvauṃ yajñaścāpi rathasvanaḥ /
rathacitrastathaivānyo nāgasākṣakasaṃjñetaḥ

raṃbhakaśca vasantyete māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ /
tataḥ sūrye punastvanyā nivasaṃtīha devatāḥ

idraścaiva vivasvāṃśca aṅgirā bhṛgureva ca /
elāpatrastathā sarpaḥ śaṅkhapālāśca tāvubhau

viśvāvasūgrasenau ca śvetaścaivāruṇastathā /
pramlocā iti vikhyātānumloceti ca te ubhe

yātudhānastadā sarpo vyāghraścava tu tāvubhau /
nabhonabhasyayoreṣa gāṇo vasati bhāskare

śaradyanyāḥ punaḥ śubhrā vasaṃti munidevatāḥ
parjanyaścaiva pūṣā ca bhāradvājaḥ sagautamaḥ

parāvasuśca gandharvastathaiva suruciśca yaḥ /
viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca ubhe te śubhalakṣaṇe

nāga erāvataścaiva viśrutaśca dhanañjayaḥ /
ścenajicca suṣeṇaśca senīrgrāma ṇīśca tau

āpo vātaśca dvāvetau yātudhānāvudāhṛtau /
vasaṃtyete tu vai sūrye sadaivāśvinakartike

haimantikau tu dvau māsau vasaṃti ca divākare /
aṃśo bhagaśca dvāvaitau kaśyapaśya kratuśca ha

bhujaṅgaśca mahāpadmaḥ sarvaḥ karkeṭaka stathā /
citrasenaśca gandharva ūrṇāyuścaiva tāvubhau

urvaśī pūrvacittiśca tathaivāpsarasā ubhe /
tārkṣaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīr grāmaṇīśca tau

vidyutsphūrjaḥ śatāyuśca yātudhānāvudātdṛtau /
sahe caiva sahasye ca vasaṃtyete divākare

tataḥ śaiśira yoścāpi māsayornivasaṃti vai /
tvaṣṭā viṣṇurjāmadagnyo viśvāmitrastathaiva ca

kādraveyau tathā nāgau kaṃbalāśvatarāvubhau /
gandharvo dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryavarcāstathaiva ca

tilottamā tathā raṃbhā brahmāpetaśca rākṣasaḥ /
yajñāpetamtathaivānyo viśyāto rākṣaso ttamaḥ

ṛtajitsatyajiccaiva gandharvauṃ samudāhṛtau /
tapastapasyayoḥ sūrye vasaṃti munisattamāḥ

pitṛdevamanuṣyādīnsa sadāpyāyayanprabhuḥ /
parivarttatyahorātrakāraṇaṃ savitā dvijāḥ

ete devā vasaṃtyarke dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu /
sthānābhimānino hyete gāṇā dvādaśasaptakāḥ

suryasyāpyāyayantyete tejasā teja uttamamā /
grathitaiḥ svairvacobhiśca stuvanti hyṛṣayo ravim

gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītanṛtyairupāsate /
grāmaṇīyakṣabhūtāni kurvate 'bhīṣusaṃgraham

sarpā vahanti vai sūryaṃ yātudhānāstu yānti ca /
vālakhilyā naṃyatyastaṃ parivāryodayādravim

eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yathāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ /
yathādharmaṃ yathāyogaṃ yathāsatyaṃ yathābalam

tapatyasau taśrā sūrya eṣāmindrastu tejasā /
ityete nivasaṃtīha dvau dvau māsau divākare

ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ pannagāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ /
grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣā yātudhānāśca mukhyaśaḥ

ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca /
bhūtānāṃ caśubhaṃ karma vyapohanti prakīrttitāḥ

mānavānāṃ śubhaṃ hyete harante duritātmanām /
duritaṃ supracārāṇāṃ vyapohanti kvaci tkvacit

ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divāsānugāḥ /
varṣantaśca tapantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ

gopāyanti ca bhūtāni sarvāṇīhāmanukṣayāt /
sthānābhimānināmetatsthānaṃ manvantareṣu vai

atītānāgatānāṃ ca varttante sāṃprataṃ ca ye /
evaṃ vasaṃti vai sūrye saptakāste caturdaśa /
caturdaśasu sarveṣu gaṇā manvantareṣviha

grīṣme ca varṣāsu ca muñcamāno gharmaṃ himaṃ varṣa dinaṃ niśāṃ ca /
gacchatyasāvṛtuvaśātparivṛttaraśmirdevān pitṝ#ṃśca manujāṃśca hi tarpayanvai

prīṇāti devānamṛtena sūryaḥ somaṃ suṣumṇena ca varddhayitvā /
śukle tu pūrṇaṃ divasakrameṇa taṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe vibudhāḥ pibanti

pītaṃ ca somaṃ hi kalāvaśiṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇakṣaye raśmibhirakṣarantam /
sudhāmṛtaṃ tatpitaraḥ pibanti devāśca saumyāśca tathaiva kāvyāḥ

sūryeṇa gobhiśca samujjhitābhiradbhiḥ punaścaiva samuddhṛtābhiḥ /
vṛṣṭyābhivṛddhābhirathauṣadhībhirmartyāḥ kṣudhaṃ tvannapānairjayanti

tṛptiśca śukle sudhayā surāṇāṃ pakṣe ca kṛṣṇe sudhayā pitaṇām /
annena śaśvacca dadhāti martyānsuryastapaṃstānsubibhartti gobhiḥ

hriyanharistairharibhisturaṅgamairharatyathāpaḥ kiraṇairharidbhiḥ /
visargakāle visṛjaṃśca tāḥ punarbibhartti śaśvatsavitā carācaram

harirharidbhirhri yate turaṅgamaiḥ pibatyathāpo haribhiḥ sahasradhā /
tataḥ pramuñcatyapi tāstvasau hariḥ samūhyamāno haribhisturaṅgamaiḥ

ityeṣa ekacakreṇa sūryastūrṇarathena tu /
bhadraistairakramairaśvaiḥ spandane vaidikakṣayaḥ

ahorātrādrathenāsāvekacakreṇa vai bhraman /
saptadvīpasamudrāntāṃ saptabhiḥ saptabhirhayaiḥ

chandobhiraśvarūpaistairyataścakraṃ tataḥ sthitaiḥ /
kāmarūpaiḥ sakṛdyuktairvāmatastairmanojavaiḥ

haritaikhyayaiḥ piṅgairīśvarairbrahmavādibhiḥ /
tryaśītimaṇḍalaśataṃ bhramantyabdena te hayāḥ

bāhyamābhyantaraṃ caiva maṇḍalaṃ divasakramāt /
kalpādau saṃpra yuktāste vahantyābhūtasaṃplavāt

āvṛttā vālakhilyaiste bhramante rātryahāni tu /
vacobhiragryairgrathitaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ

sevyate gītanṛtyaiśca gandharvaiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ /
pataṅgaiḥ patagairaśvairbhramamāṇo divaspatiḥ

rathāstracakraḥsomasya kudābhāstasya vājinaḥ /
vāmadakṣiṇato yuktā daśa tena carantyasau

vīthyāśrayāṇi ṛkṣāṇi dhruvādhāreṇa vegitāḥ /
hrāsavṛddhī tathaivāsya raśmīnāṃ sūryavatsmṛte

tricakrobhayato 'śvaśca vijñeyaḥ śaśino rathaḥ /
apāṃ garṇātsamutpanno rathaḥ sāśvaḥ sasārathiḥ

śatāraiśca tribhiścakrairyuktaḥ śuklairhayottamaiḥ /
daśabhistu kṛśairdivyairasaṃgaistairmanojavaiḥ

sakṛdyukte rathe tāsminvahante cāyugakṣayāt /
saṃgṛhītarathe tasmiñśvetaścakṣuḥśravāśca vai

aśvāstamekavarṇaste vahante śaṅkhavarcasaḥ /
yajuścaṇḍamanāścaiva vṛṣo vājī naro hayaḥ

aśvo gaviṣṇurvikhyāto haṃso vyomo mṛgastathā /
ityete nāmabhiḥ sarve daśa candramaso hayāḥ

ete candramasaṃ devaṃ vahanti saha dīkṣayā /
devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ somaḥ pitṛbhiścaiva gacchati

somasya śuklapakṣādau bhāskare parataḥ sthire /
āpūryate parasyānte satataṃ divasakramāt

devaiḥ pītatanuṃ somamāpyāyayati nityadā /
kṣīṇaṃ pañcadaśāhaṃ tu raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ

āpūrayansuṣumṇena bhāgaṃ bhāgamahaḥkramāt /
suṣumṇāpyāyamānasya śuklā varddhanti vai kalāḥ

tasmāddhrasaṃti vai kṛṣṇe śukle svāpyāyayanti tam /
ityevaṃ sūryavīryeṇa candraścāpyāyitastataḥ

paurṇamāsyāṃ sa dṛśyeta śuklaḥ saṃpūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ /
evamāpyāyitaḥ somaḥ śukla pakṣe dinakramāt

tato dvitīyāprabhṛti bahulasya caturddaśīm /
apāṃ sāramayasyendo rasamātrātmakasya tu

pibatyaṃbumayaṃ devā hṛṣṭāḥ saumyaṃ svadhāmṛtam /
saṃbhṛtaṃ tvarddhamāsena hyamṛtaṃ sūryatejasā

bhakṣārthamamṛtaṃ somaḥ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate /
ekāṃ rātriṃ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ sarṣibhiḥ saha

somasya kṛṣṇapakṣādau bhāskarābhimukhasya tu /
prakṣīyante pidṛdevaiḥ pīyamānāḥ kalāḥ kramāt

trayaśca triṃśataścaiva trayastriṃśattathaiva ca /
trayaśca trisahasrāśca devāḥ somaṃ pibanti vai

ityetaiḥ pīyamānasya kṛṣṇā varddhati vai kalāḥ /
kṣīyanti tasmācchuklāśca kṛṣṇā āpyāyayanti ca

evaṃ dinakramātpīte vibudhaistu niśākare /
pītvārddha māsaṃ gacchanti cāmāvāsyāṃ surottamāḥ

pitaraścopatiṣṭhanti hyamāvāsyāṃ niśākaram /
tataḥ pañcadaśekāle kiñcicchiṣṭe kalātmake

aparāhṇe pitṛgaṇā jaghanyaṃ payupāsate /
pibanti dvilavaṃ kālaṃ śiṣṭāstasya kalāstu yāḥ

niḥsṛtaṃ tadamāvāsyāṃ gabhastibhyaḥ svadhāmṛtam /
tāṃ svadhāṃ māsatṛptyai ca pītvā gacchanti te 'mṛtam

sūryastasminsuṣumṇe yastāpitastena candramāḥ /
kṛṣṇapakṣe suraistadvatpīyate vai sudhāmayaḥ

saumyā barhiṣadaścaiva agniṣvāttāśca te tridhā /
kāvyaścaiva tu ye proktāḥ pitaraḥ sarva eva te

saṃvatsarāstu vai kāvyāḥ pañcābdā ye dvicaiḥ smṛtāḥ /
saumyāstu ṛtuvo jñeyā māsā barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ

agniṣvāttārttavāścaiva pitṛsargā hi vai dvijāḥ /
pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānasya pañcadaśyāṃ kalā tu vai

yāvatprakṣīyate tasya bhāgaḥ pañcadaśastu yaḥ /
amāvāsyāṃ tadā tasya tata āpūryate paraḥ

vṛddhakṣayau vai pakṣādau ṣoḍaśyāṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtā /
evaṃ sūryanimittaiṣa kṣayovṛddhirniśākare

tārāgrahāṇāṃ vakṣyāmi svarbhānośca rathānpunaḥ /
teyatejomayaḥ śubhraḥ somaputrasya vai rathaḥ

sopāsaṃgapa tākastu sadhvajo meghanisvanaḥ /
bhārgavasya rathaḥ śrīmāṃstejasā sūryasannibhaḥ

pṛthivīsaṃbhavairyukto nānāvarṇairhayottamaiḥ /
śvetaḥ piśaṅgaḥ sāraṅgo nīlaḥ pīto vilohitaḥ

kṛṣṇaśca haritaścaiva pṛṣataḥ pṛśrireva ca /
daśabhistairmahābhāgairakṛśairvātaraṃhasaiḥ

aṣṭāśvaḥ kāñcanaḥ śrīmānbhaumasyāpi rathottamaḥ /
asaṃgairlohitairaśvaiḥ sarvagairagnisaṃbhavaiḥ

prasarpati kumāro vai ṛjuvakrānuva kragaiḥ /
tataścāṅgiraso vidvāndevācāryo bṛhaspatiḥ

gaurairaśvaiḥ kāñcanena syandanena prasarpati /
abjaistu vājibhirdivyairaṣṭabhirvātaraṃhasaiḥ

nakṣatre 'bdaṃ sa tiṣṭhanvai saṃvedhāstena gacchati /
tataḥ śanaiścaro 'pyaśvaiḥ sabalairvyomasaṃbhavaiḥ

kārṣṇāyasaṃ samāruhya syandanaṃ yāti vai śanaiḥ /
svarbhānośca tathaivāśvāḥ kṛṣṇā hyaṣṭau manojavāḥ

rathaṃ tamomayaṃ tasya sakṛdyuktā vahaṃ tyuta /
ādityānniḥsṛto rāhuḥ somaṃ gacchati parvasu

ādityameti somaśca punaḥ saureṣu parvasu /
atha keturathasyāśvā aṣṭau vai vātaraṃhasaḥ

palāladhūmavarṇābhā sabalā rāsabhāruṇāḥ /
ete vāhā grahāṇāṃ ca hyupākhyātā rathaiḥ saha

sarve dhruvaniba ddhāste pravṛddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ /
tapante brāmyamāṇāstu yathāyogaṃ bhramanti vai

vāyavyābhiradṛśyābhiḥ pravṛddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ /
paribhramanti tadbraddhāṃścandrasuryagrahā divi

bhramantamanugachanti dhruvaṃ te jyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ /
yathā nahyudake naustu salilena saho hyate

tathā devālayā hyete ūhyante vātaraśmibhiḥ /
sarppamāṇā na dṛśyante vyomni devagaṇāstu te

yāvatyaścaiva tārāśca tāvanto vātaraśmayaḥ /
sarvā dhruve nibaddhāśca bhramantyo bhrāmayanti tāḥ

tailapīḍā yathā cakraṃ bhramanto bhrāmayanti ha /
tathā bhramanti jyotīṃṣi vātabaddhāni sarvaśaḥ

alātacakravadyānti vātacakreritāni tu /
yato jyotīṃṣi vahate pravahastena sa smṛtaḥ

evaṃ dhruvanibaddho 'sau sarpate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇaḥ /
saiṣa tārāmayo jñeyaḥ śiśumāro dhruvo divi

yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā tanniśimuñcate /
yāvatyaścaiva tārāstāḥ śiśumārāśritā divi

tāvantyeva tu varṣāṇi jīvatābhyadhikāni tu /
sākāraḥ śiśumāraśca vijñeyaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ

auttānapādastasyātha vijñeyo hyattaro hanuḥ /
yajñaḥ parastu vijñeyo dharmo marddhānamāśritaḥ

hṛdi nārāyaṇaḥ sādhyo hyaśvinau pūrvapādayoḥ /
varuṇaścāryamā caiva paścime tasya sakthinī

śiśraṃ saṃvatsarastasya mitro 'pānaṃ samāśritaḥ /
pucche 'gniśca mahendraśca mārīcaḥ kaśyapo dhruvaḥ

tārakāḥ śiśumārasya nāstaṃ yāti catuṣṭayam /
nakṣatracandramūryāśca grahāstārāgaṇaiḥ saha

unmukhā vimukhāḥ sarve vakrībhūtāḥ śritā divi /
dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitāścaiva dhruvameva pradakṣiṇam

pariyāntīśvaraśreṣṭhaṃ meḍhībhūtaṃ druvaṃ divi /
agnīndrakaśyapānāṃ tu caramo 'sau dhruvaḥ smṛtaḥ

eka eva bhramatyeṣa meruparvatamūrddhani /
jyotiṣāṃ cakrametaddhi gadā karṣannavāṅmukhaḥ /
merumālokayatyeṣa paryante hi pradakṣiṇam