Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.15

bhuvanakośavarṇane sūryagativarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi bhānorgamanamuttamam /
śīghramandādigatibhistrividhaṃ gamanaṃ raveḥ

sarvagrahāṇāṃ trīṇyeva sthānāni surasattama /
sthānaṃ jārad‍gavaṃ madhyaṃ tathairāvatamuttaram

vaiśvānaraṃ dakṣiṇato nirdiṣṭamiti tattvataḥ /
aśvinī kṛttikā yāmyā nāgavīthīti śabditā

rohiṇyārdrā mṛgaśiro gajavīthyabhidhīyate /
puṣyāśleṣā tathā''dityā vīthī cairāvatī smṛtā

etāstu vīthayastisra uttaro mārga ucyate /
tathā dve cāpi phalgunyau maghā caivārṣabhī matā

hastaścitrā tathā svātī govīthīti tu śabditā /
jyeṣṭhā viśākhānurādhā vīthī jārad‍gavī matā

etāstu vīthayastisro madhyamo mārga ucyate /
mūlāṣāḍhottarāṣāḍhā ajavīthyabhiśabditā

śravaṇaṃ ca dhaniṣṭhā ca mārgī śatabhiṣak tathā /
vaiśvānarī bhādrapade revatī caiva kīrtitā

etāstu vīthayastisro dakṣiṇo mārga ucyate /
uttarāyaṇamāsādya yugākṣāntarnibaddhayoḥ

karṣaṇaṃ pāśayorvāyubaddhayo rohaṇaṃ smṛtam /
tadābhyantaragānmaṇḍalādrathasya gaterbhavet

māndyaṃ divasavṛddhiśca jāyate surasattama /
rātrihrāsaśca bhavati saumyāyanakramo hyayam

dakṣiṇāyanake pāśe preraṇādavarohaṇam /
bahirmaṇḍalaveśena gatiśaighryaṃ tadā bhavet

tadā dinālpatā rātrivṛddhiśca parikīrtitā /
vaiṣuve pāśasāmyāttu samāvasthānato raveḥ

madhyamaṇḍalaveśaśca sāmyaṃ rātridinādike /
ākṛṣyete yadā tau tu dhruveṇa samadhiṣṭhitau

tadābhyantarataḥ sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni ca /
dhruveṇa mucyamānena punā raśmiyugena tu

tathaiva bāhyataḥ sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni ca /
tasminmerau pūrvabhāge puryaindrī devadhānikā

dakṣiṇe vai saṃyamanī nāma yāmyā mahāpurī /
paścānnimlocanī nāma vāruṇī vai mahāpurī

taduttare purī saumyā proktā nāma vibhāvarī /
aindrapuryāṃ raveḥ prokta udayo brahmavādibhiḥ

saṃyamanyāṃ ca madhyāhne nimlocanyāṃ nimīlanam /
vibhāvaryāṃ niśīthaḥ syāttigmāṃśoḥ surapūjitaḥ

pravṛtteśca nimittāni bhūtānāṃ tāni sarvaśaḥ /
meroścaturdiśaṃ bhānoḥ kīrtitāni mayā mune

merusthānāṃ sadā madhyaṃ gata eva vibhāti hi /
savyaṃ gacchandakṣiṇena karoti svarṇaparvatam

udayāstamaye caiva sarvakālaṃ tu sammukhe /
diśāsvaśeṣāsu tathā surarṣe vidiśāsu ca

yairyatra dṛśyate bhāsvānsa teṣāmudayaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tirobhāvaṃ ca yatraiti tatraivāstamanaṃ raveḥ

naivāstamanamarkasya nodayaḥ sarvadā sataḥ /
udayāstamanākhyaṃ hi darśanādarśanaṃ raveḥ

śakrādīnāṃ pure tiṣṭhanspṛśatyeṣa puratrayam /
vikarṇau dvau vikarṇasthastrīnkoṇāndve pure tathā

sarveṣāṃ dvīpavarṣāṇāṃ meruruttarataḥ sthitaḥ /
yairyatra dṛśyate bhānuḥ saiva prācīti cocyate

tadvāmabhāgato merurvartateti vinirṇayaḥ /
yadi caindryāḥ pracalate ghaṭikā daśapañcabhiḥ

yāmyāṃ tadā yojanānāṃ sapādaṃ koṭiyugmakam /
sārdhadvādaśalakṣāṇi pañcanetrasahasrakam

prakrāmati sahasrāṃśuḥ kālamārgapradarśakaḥ /
evaṃ tato vāruṇīṃ ca saumyāmaindrīṃ sahasradṛk

paryeti kālacakrātmā dyumaṇiḥ kālabuddhaye /
tathā cānye grahāḥ somādayo ye digvicāriṇaḥ

nakṣatraiḥ saha codyanti saha cāstaṃ vrajanti te /
evaṃ muhūrtena ratho bhānoraṣṭaśatādhikam

yojanānāṃ catustriṃśallakṣāṇi bhramati prabhuḥ /
trayīmayaścaturdikṣu purīṣu ca samīraṇāt

pravahākhyātsadā kālacakraṃ paryeti bhānumān /
yasya cakraṃ rathasyaikaṃ dvādaśāraṃ trinābhikam

ṣaṇnemi kavayastaṃ ca vatsarātmakamūcire /
merumūrdhani tasyākṣo mānasottaraparvate

kṛtetaravibhāgo yaḥ protaṃ tatra rathāṅgakam /
tailakārakayantreṇa cakrasāmyaṃ paribhraman / ३५ //
mānasottaranāmnīha girau paryeti cāṃśumān /
tasminnakṣe kṛtaṃ mūlaṃ dvitīyo'kṣo dhruve kṛtaḥ

turyamānena tailasya yantrākṣavaditīritaḥ /
kṛtoparitano bhāgaḥ sūryasya jagatāṃ pateḥ

rathanīḍastu ṣaṭ‌triṃśallakṣayojanamāyataḥ /
tatturyabhāgataḥ so'yaṃ pariṇāhena kīrtitaḥ

tāvānarkarathasyātra yugastasminhayāḥ śubhāḥ /
saptacchando'bhidhānāśca sūrasūtena yojitāḥ

vahanti devamādityaṃ lokānāṃ sukhahetave /
purastātsavituḥ sūto'ruṇaḥ paścānniyojitaḥ

sautye karmaṇi saṃyukto vartate garuḍāgrajaḥ /
tathaiva bālakhilyākhyā ṛṣayo'ṅguṣṭhaparvakāḥ

pramāṇena parikhyātāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasrasaṃkhyakāḥ /
stuvanti purataḥ sūryaṃ sūktavākyaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ

tathā cānye ca ṛṣayo gandharvā apsaroragāḥ /
grāmaṇyo yātudhānāśca devāḥ sarve pareśvaram

ekaikaśaḥ sapta sapta māsi māsi virocanam /
sārdhalakṣottaraṃ koṭinavakaṃ bhūmimaṇḍalam

dvisahasraṃ yojanānāṃ sa gavyūtyuttaraṃ kṣaṇāt /
paryeti devadeveśo viśvavyāpī nirantaram

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
bhuvanakośavarṇane sūryagativarṇanaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ