Vayu Purana · Chapter 52

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sa ratho'dhiṣṭhito devairādityaiṛṣibhistathā/
gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ

ete vasanti vai sūrye dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu/
dhātāryamā pulastyaśca pulahaśca prajāpatiḥ

urago vāsukiścaiva saṅkīrṇāraśca tāvubhau/
tumbururnāradaścaiva gandharvau gāyatāṃ varau

kratusthalyapsarāścaiva tathā vai puñjikasthalī/
grāmaṇī rathakṛcchraśca taporyaścaiva tāvubhau

rakṣo hetiḥ prahetiśca yātudhānāvudāhṛtau/
madhumādhavayoreṣa gaṇo vasati bhāskare

vāsantau graiṣmikau māsau mitraśca varuṇaśca ha/
ṛṣiratrirvasiṣṭhaśca takṣako rambha eva ca

menakā sahajanyā ca gandharvau ca hahā huhūḥ/
rathasvanaśca grāmaṇyo rathacitraśca tāvubhau

pauruṣeyo dhavaścaiva yātudhānāvudāhṛtau/
ete vasanti vai sūrye māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ

tataḥ sūrye punastvanyā nivasantīha devatāḥ/
indraścaiva vivasvāṃśca aṅgirā bhṛgureva ca

elāparṇastathā sarpaḥ śaṅkhapālaśca tāvubhau/
viśvāvasūgrasenau ca prātaścaivāruṇaśca ha

pramloceti ca vikhyātā nimloceti ca te ubhe/
yātudhānastathā sarpo vyāghraḥ śvetaśca tāvubhau/
nabhonabhasyayoreṣa gaṇo vasati bhāskare

śaradṛ-tau punaḥ śubhrā vasanti muni devatāḥ/
parjjanyaścātha pūṣā ca bharadvājaḥ sagautamaḥ

viśvāvasuśca gandharvāstathaiva surabhiśca yaḥ/
viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca ubhe te śubhalakṣaṇe

nāga airāvataścaiva viśrutaśca dhanañjayaḥ/
senajicca suṣeṇaśacava senānīrgrāmaṇīśca tau

āpo vātaśca tāvetau yātudhānāvubhau smṛtau/
vasantyete tu vai sūrye māsayośca iṣorjayoḥ

haimantikau tu dvau māsau vasanti tu divākare/
aṃśo bhagaśca dvāvetau kaśyapaśca ṛtuśca ha

bhujaṅgaśca mahāpajhaḥ sarpaḥ karkoṭakastathā/
citrasenaśca gandharva ūrṇāyuścaiva tāvubhau

urvaśī vipracittiśca tathaivāpsarasau śubhe/
tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīrgrāmaṇīśca tau

vidyutsphūrjjaśca tāvugrau yātudhānāvudāhṛtau/
sahe caiva sahasye ca vasantyete divākare

tataḥ śaiśirayośvāpi māsayornivasanti vai/
tvaṣṭā viṣṇurjamadagnirviśvāmitrastathaiva ca

kādraveyau tathā nāgau kambalāśvatarāvubhau/
gandharvo dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryavarccāstathaiva ca

tilottamāpsarāścaiva devī rambā manoramā/
ṛtajitsatyajiccaiva grāmaṇyau lokaviśrutau

brahmopetastathā dakṣo yajñopetaśca sa smṛtaḥ/
ete devā vasantyarke dvau māsau tu krameṇa tu

sthānābhimānino hyete gaṇā dvādaśa saptakāḥ/
sūryamāpyāyayantyete tejasā teja uttamam

prathitaistairvacobistu stuvanti munayo ravim/
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītanṛtyairupāsate

grāmaṇīyakṣabhūtāstu kurvate bhīmasaṃgraham/
sarpā vahanti sūryañca yātudhānānuyānti ca/
vālakhilyā nayantyastaṃ paricāryodayādravim

eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yatāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ/
yathāyogaṃ yathāsatyaṃ yathādharmaṃ yatābalam

yathā tapatyasau sūryasteṣāṃ siddhastu tejasā/
ityete vai vasantīha dvau dvau māsau divākare

ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ pannagāpsarasāṅgaṇāḥ /
grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣā yātudhānāśca bhūriśaḥ

ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca/
bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ karma vyapohantīha kīrtitāḥ

mānavānāṃ śubhaṃ hyete haranti duritātmanām/
duritaṃ hi pracārāṇāṃ vyapohanti vkacit vkacit

vimāne'vasthitā divye kāmagā vātaraṃhasaḥ/
ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divasānugāḥ

varṣantaśca tapantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ/
gopāyanti tu bhūtāni sarvānīhāmanukṣayāt

sthānābhimānināmetat sthānaṃ manvantareṣu vai/
atītānāgatānāṃ vai varttante sāmpratantu ye

evaṃ vasanti vai sūrye saptakāste caturddiśam/
caturddaśasu sargeṣu gaṇā manvantareṣu ca

grīṣme hime ca varṣāsu muñcamānā gharmaṃ himaम़ñca varṣañca dinaṃ niśāñca/
kālena gacchatyṛtuvaśāt parivṛttaraśmi rdevān pitṝṃśca manujāṃśca tarpayan vai

prīṇāti devānamṛtena sūryaḥ somaṃ suṣumnena vivarddhayitvā /
śukle tu pūrṇaṃ divasakrameṇa taṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe vibudhāḥ pibanti

pītantu somaṃ dvikālāvaśiṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇakṣaye raśmibhistaṃ kṣarantam/
sudhāmṛtaṃ tatpitaraḥ pibanti devāśca saumyāśca tathaiva kavyam

sūryeṇa gobhistu samuddhṛtābhiradbhiḥ punaścaiva samuddhṛtābhiḥ/
vṛṣṭyātivṛddhābhirathauṣadhībhirmartyāḥ kṣudhantvannapānairjayanti

amṛtena tṛptistvarddhamāsaṃ surāṇāṃ māsārddhatṛptiḥ svadhayā pitṝṇām/
annena śaśvattu dadhāti martyān sūryaḥ svayaṃ tacca bibharti gobhiḥ

ayaṃ haristairharibhisturaṅgamairayan hi cāpo haratīti raśmibhiḥ/
visargakāle visṛjaṃśca tāḥ punarbibharti śaśvat savitā carācaram

harirharidbhirhriyate turaṅgamaiḥ pibatyathāpo haribhiḥ sahasradhā/
tataḥ pramuñcatyapi tāstvasau hariḥ sa muhyamāno haribhisturaṅgamaiḥ

ityeṣa ekacakreṇa sūryastūrṇaṃ rathena tu/
bhadraistairakṣatairaśvaiḥ sarpate'sau divi kṣaye

ahorātrādrathaināsau ekacakreṇa tu bhraman/
saptadvīpasamudrāntaṃ saptabhiḥ saptabhirhayaiḥ

chandobhiraśvarūpaistairyataścakrantataḥ sthitaiḥ/
kāmarūpaiḥ sakṛdyuktairamitaistairmanojavaiḥ

haritairavyayaiḥ piṅgairīśvarairbrahmavādibhiḥ/
aśīti maṇḍalaśataṃ bhramantyabdena te hayāḥ

bāhyamabhyantarañcaiva maṇḍalaṃ divasakramāt /
kalpādau samprayuktāste vahantyābhūtasamplavāt/
āvṛtā vālakhilyaiste bhramante rātryahāni tu

prathitairvacobhaṅiragryaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ/
saivyate gītavṛtyaiśca gandharvairapsarogaṇaiḥ/
pataṅgaḥ pata gairaśvairbhramamāṇo divaspatiḥ

vīthyāśrayāṇi carati nakṣatrāṇi tathā śaśī/
hrāsavṛddhī tathaivāsya raśmīnāṃ sūryavat smṛte

tricakrobhayapārśvastho vijñeyaḥ śaśino rathaḥ/
apāṃ garbhasamutpanno rathaḥ sāśvaḥ sasārathiḥ/
śatāraiśca tribhiścakrairyuktaḥ śulkairhayottamaiḥ

daśa bhistu kṛśairdivyairasaṅgaistairmanojavaiḥ/
sakṛdyukte rathe tasmin vahante cāyugakṣayāt

saṃgṛhīte rathe tasmin śvetaścakṣuḥśravāstu vai/
aśvā stamekavarṇāste vahante śaṅkhavarccasam

yayuśca trimanāścaiva vṛṣo rājīvalo hayaḥ/
asvo vāmasturaṇyaśca haṃso vyomī mṛgastathā

ityete nāmabhiḥ sarve daśa candramaso hayāḥ /
ete candramasaṃ devaṃ vahanti divasakṣayāt

devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ saumyaḥ pitṛbhiścaiva gacchati/
somasya śukla pakṣādau bhāskare purataḥ sthite/
āpūryate purasyāntaḥ satataṃ divasakramāt

devaiḥ pītaṃ kṣaye somamāpyāyayati nityadā/
pītaṃ pañcadaśāhantu raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ

āpūrayan suṣumnena bhāgaṃ bhāgamahaḥkramāt /
suṣumnāpyāyamānasya śuklā varddhanti vai kalāḥ

tasmāddhrasanti vai kṛṣṇe śukla āpyāyayanti ca/
ityevaṃ sūryavīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyitā tanuḥ

paurṇamāsyāṃ sa dṛśyeta śuklaḥ sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ /
evamāpyāyitaḥ somaḥ śuklapakṣe dinakramāt

tato dvitīyāprabhṛti bahulasya caturddaśī/
apāṃ sāramayasyendo rasamātrātmakasya ca/
pibantyambumayaṃ devā madhu saumyaṃ sudhāma yam

sambhṛtañcārddhamāsena amṛtaṃ sūryatejasā /
bhakṣārthamamṛtaṃ saumyaṃ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate

ekarātraṃ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ pitṛbhiśca maharṣibhiḥ/
somasya kṛṣṇapakṣādau bhāskarābhimukhasya ca

prakṣīyate purasyāntaḥ pīyamānāḥ kalāḥ kramāt/
kṣīyante tasmāt kṛṣṇe yāḥ śukle hyāpyāyayanti tāḥ

evaṃ dinakramātīte vibudhāstu niśākaram /
pītvā'rddhamāsaṅgacchanti amāvāsyāṃ surottamāḥ /
pitaraścopatiṣṭhanti amāvāsyāṃ niśākaram

tataḥ pañcadaśe bhāge kiñcicchiṣṭe kalātmake/
aparāhne pitṛgaṇairjaghanyaḥ paryupāsyate

pibanti dvikalākālaṃ śiṣṭā tasya tu yā kalā/
niḥsṛtaṃ tadamāvāsyāṅgabhastibhyaḥ svadhāmṛtam/
tāṃ svadhāṃ māsatṛptyai tu pītvā gacchanti te'mṛtam

saumyā barhiṣadaścaiva agniṣvāttāstathaiva ca/
kavyāścaiva tu ye proktāḥ pitaraḥ sarva eva te

saṃvatsarāstu vai kavyāḥ pañcābdā ye dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ/
saumyāstu ṛtavo jñeyā māsā barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ/
agniṣvāttārtavaścaiva pitṛsargā hi vai dvijāḥ

pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānasya pañcadaśyāṃ kalā tu vai/
yāvanna kṣīyate tasya bhāgaḥ pañcadaśa stu saḥ

amāvasyāntadā tasya antamāpūryate param/
vṛddhikṣayau vai pakṣādau ṣoḍaśyāṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtau

evaṃ sūryanimittaiṣā kṣayavṛddhi rniśākare/
tārāgrahāṇāṃ vakṣyāmi svarbhānośca rathaṃ punaḥ

toyatejomayaḥ śubhraḥ somaputrasya vai rathaḥ/
yukto hayaiḥ piśaṅgaistu aṣṭābhirvātaraṃhasaiḥ

savarūthaḥ sānukarṣaḥ sūto divyo rathe mahān/
sopāsaṅgapatākastu sadhvajo meghasannibhaḥ

bhārgavasya rathaḥ śrīṇāṃstejasā sūryasannibhaḥ/
pṛthivīsambhavairyukto nānāvarṇairhayottamaiḥ

śvetaḥ piśaṅgaḥ sāraṅgo nīlaḥ pīto vilohitaḥ/
kṛṣṇaśca haritaścaiva pṛṣataḥ pṛṣṇireva ca/
daśabhi stairmahābhāgairakṛśairvātavegitaiḥ

aṣṭāśvaḥ kāñcanaḥ śrīmān somasyāpi ratho'bhavat/
asaṅgairlauhitairaśvaiḥ sarvagairagnisambhavaiḥ/
sarpate'sau kumāro vai ṛjuvakrānucakragaḥ

tatastvāṅgiraso vidvān devācāryo bṛhaspatiḥ/
śoṇairaśvaiḥ kāñcanena syandanena prasarpati

yuktastu vājibhirdivyairaṣṭābhirvātasammitaiḥ/
nakṣatre'bdannivasati savegastena gacchati

tataḥ śanaiśvaropyaśvaiḥ śabalairvyomasambhavaiḥ/
kārṣṇāyasaṃ samāruhya syandanaṃ yāti vai śanaiḥ

svarbhānostu tathaivāśvāḥ kṛṣṇā hyaṣṭau manojavāḥ/
rathantamomayantasya sakṛdyuktā vahantyuta

ādityānniḥsṛto rāhuḥ somaṃ gacchati parvasu/
ādityameti somācca punaḥ saureṣu parvasu

atha keturathasyāśvā aṣṭāṣṭau vātaraṃhasaḥ/
palāladhūmasaṅkāśāḥ śabalā rāsabhāruṇāḥ

ete vāhā grahāṇāṃ vai mayā proktā rathaiḥ saha/
sarve dhruvanibaddhāste prabaddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ

ete vai bhrāmyamāṇāstu yathā yogaṃ bhramanti vai/
vāyavyābhiradṛśyābhiḥ prabaddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ

paribhramanti tadbaddhāścandrasūryagrahā divi/
bhramantamanugacchanti dhruvante jyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ

yathā nadyudake naustu salilena sahohyate/
tathā devālayā hyete uhyante vātaraśmibhiḥ/
tasmātsarveṇa dṛsyante vyomni devagaṇāstu te

yāvantyaścaiva tārāstu tāvanto vātaraśmayaḥ/
sarvā dhruvanibaddhāstā bramantyo bhrāmayanti tam

tailapīḍākaraṃ cakraṃ bhramadbhrāmayate yathā/
tathā bhramanti jyotīṃṣi vāyabaddhāni sarvaśaḥ

alātacakravadyānti vātacakreritāni tu/
tasmājjyotīṃṣi vahate pravahaṃstena sa smṛtaḥ

evaṃ dhruvanibaddho'sau sarpate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇaḥ/
saiṣa tārāmayojñeyaḥ śiśumāro dhruvo divi/
yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ dṛṣṭavā taṃ niśi mucyate

yāvatyaścaiva tārāstāḥ śiśūmārāśritā divi/
tāvantyeva tu varṣāṇi jīvantyabhyadhikāni tu

śāśvataḥ śiśumāro'sau vijñeyaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ/
uttānapādastasyātha vijñeyo hyuttaro hanuḥ

yajño'dharastu vijñeyo dharmo mūrddhānamāśritaḥ/
hṛdi nārāyaṇaḥ sādhyaḥ aśvinau pūrvapādayoḥ

varuṇaścāryamā caiva paścime tasya sasthini/
śiśraḥ saṃvatsarastasya mitro'pāne samāśritaḥ

pucche'gniśca mahendraśca marīciḥ kaśyapo dhruvaḥ/
tārakāḥ śiśumāraśca nāstameti catuṣṭayam

nakṣatracandrasūryāśca grahāstārāgaṇeḥ saha/
unmukhābhimukhāḥ sarve cakrībhūtāśritā divi

dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitāḥ sarve dhruvameva pradakṣiṇam /
prayāntīha varaṃ śreṣṭhamedhībhūtaṃ dhruvandivi

dhruvāgnikaśyapānāntu varasvāsau dhruvaḥ smṛtaḥ/
eka eva bhramatyeṣa meruparvatamūrddhani

jyotiṣāñcakrametaddhi sadā karṣatyavāṅmukhaḥ/
merumālokayatyeṣa prayātīha pradakṣiṇam

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte dhruvacaryā nāma dvipañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ