Vishnu Purana · Chapter 2.10
iti śrīviṣṇumahāpurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe navamo 'dhyāyaḥ (9)
śrīparāśara uvāca
tryaśītimaṇḍalaśataṃ kāṣṭhayorantaraṃ dvayoḥ /
ārohaṇāvarohābhyāṃ bhānorabdena yā gatiḥ
sa rathodhiṣṭhito devair ādityai ṛṣibhis tathā /
gandharvair apsarobhiś ca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ
dhātā kratusthalā caiva pulastyo bāsukis tathā /
rathabhṛdgrāmaṇīrhetistumburuścaiva saptamaḥ
ete vasanti vai caitre madhumāse sadaiva hi /
maitreya syandane bhānoḥ saptamāsādhikāriṇaḥ
aryamā pulahaścaiva rathaujāḥ puñcikasthalā /
prahetiḥ kacchavīraśva nāradaś ca rathe raveḥ
mādhave nivasantyete śucisaṃjñe nibodha me
mitrotristakṣako rakṣaḥ pauruṣeyotha menakā /
hāhā rathasvanaścaiva maitreyaite vasanti vai
varuṇo vasiṣṭho rambhā ca sahajanyā huhūrathaḥ /
rathacitras tathā śukre vasantyāṣāḍhasaṃjñake
indro viśvāvasuḥ srotā elāputrastathāṅgirāḥ /
pramlocā ca na bhasyete saptiścārke vasanti vai
vivasvānugrasenaś ca bhṛgurāpūraṇas tathā /
anumlocā śaṅkhapālo vyāghro bhādrapade tathā
pūṣā ca surucirvāto gautamotha dhanañjayaḥ /
suṣeṇo 'nyo ghṛtācī ca vasantyāśvayuje ravau
viśvāvasurbharadvājaḥ parjanyair āvatau tathā /
viśvācī senajiccāpi kārttike ca vasanti vai
aṃśaḥ kāśyapatārkṣyāstu mahāpadmastathorvaśī /
citrasenas tathā vidyunmārgaśīrṣedhikāriṇaḥ
kraturbhagastatorṇāyuḥ sphūrjaḥ kārkoṭakas tathā /
ariṣṭanemiścaivānyā pūrvācittirvarāpsarāḥ
pauṣamāse vasantyete saptabhāskaramaṇāle /
lokaprakāśanārthāya vigravaryādhikāriṇaḥ
tvaṣṭātha jamadagniś ca kambalobha tilottamā /
brahmopetotha ṛtajiddhṛtarāṣṭrotha saptamaḥ
māghamāse vasanttyete sapta maitreya bhāskare /
śrūyatāṃ cāpare sūrye phālgunenivasanti yo
viṣṇuraśvataro rambhā sūryavarcāś ca satyajit /
viśvāmitras tathā rakṣo yajñopeto mahāmune
māseṣveteṣu maitreya vasantyete tu saptakāḥ /
saviturmaṇḍale brahmanviṣṇusaktyupabṛṃhitāḥ
stuvanti munayaḥ sūryaṃ gandharvair gīyate puraḥ /
nṛtyantyapsaraso yānti sūryasyānuniśācarāḥ
vahanti pannagā yakṣaiḥ kriyate 'bhīṣusaṃgrahaḥ
vālakhityāstathaivainaṃ parivārya samāsate
soyaṃ saptagaṇaḥ sūryamaṇḍale munisattama /
himoṣṇavārivṛṣṭīnāṃ hetuḥ svasamayaṃ gataḥ
Original text: Viṣṇupurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press 1910 · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0