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# Lingapurana 1.57

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.57

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.57.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.39) — 1 part

### [1.57.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.1)

sūta uvāca  
aṣṭabhiś ca hayairyuktaḥ somaputrasya vai rathaḥ  
vāritejomayaścātha piśaṅgaiścaiva śobhanaiḥ //

### [1.57.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.2)

daśabhiścākṛśairaśvair nānāvarṇai rathaḥ smṛtaḥ  
śukrasya kṣmāmayairyukto daityācāryasya dhīmataḥ //

### [1.57.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.3)

aṣṭāśvaścātha bhaumasya ratho haimaḥ suśobhanaḥ  
jīvasya haimaścāṣṭāśvo mandasyāyasanirmitaḥ //

### [1.57.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.4)

ratha āpomayairaśvair daśabhistu sitetaraiḥ  
svarbhānorbhāskarāreś ca tathā cāṣṭahayaḥ smṛtaḥ //

### [1.57.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.5)

sarve dhruvanibaddhā vai grahāste vātaraśmibhiḥ  
etena bhrāmyamāṇāś ca yathāyogaṃ vrajanti vai //

### [1.57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.6)

yāvantyaścaiva tārāś ca tāvantaścaiva raśmayaḥ  
sarve dhruvanibaddhāś ca bhramanto bhrāmayanti tam //

### [1.57.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.7)

alātacakravadyānti vātacakreritāni tu  
yasmādvahati jyotīṃṣi pravahastena sa smṛtaḥ //

### [1.57.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.8)

nakṣatrasūryāś ca tathā grahatārāgaṇaiḥ saha  
unmukhābhimukhāḥ sarve cakrabhūtāḥ śritā divi //

### [1.57.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.9)

dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitāścaiva dhruvameva pradakṣiṇam  
prayānti ceśvaraṃ draṣṭuṃ meḍhībhūtaṃ dhruvaṃ divi //

### [1.57.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.10)

navayojanasāhasro viṣkambhaḥ savituḥ smṛtaḥ  
triguṇastasya vistāro maṇḍalasya pramāṇataḥ //

### [1.57.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.11)

dviguṇaḥ sūryavistārād vistāraḥ śaśinaḥ smṛtaḥ  
tulyastayostu svarbhānur bhūtvādhastātprasarpati //

### [1.57.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.12)

uddhṛtya pṛthivīchāyāṃ nirmitāṃ maṇḍalākṛtim  
svarbhānostu bṛhatsthānaṃ tṛtīyaṃ yat tamomayam //

### [1.57.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.13)

candrasya ṣoḍaśo bhāgo bhārgavasya vidhīyate  
viṣkambhānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanācca pramāṇataḥ //

### [1.57.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.14)

bhārgavātpādahīnastu vijñeyo vai bṛhaspatiḥ  
pādahīnau vakrasaurī tathāyāmapramāṇataḥ //

### [1.57.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.15)

vistārānmaṇḍalāccaiva pādahīnastayorbudhaḥ  
tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi vapuṣmantīha yāni vai //

### [1.57.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.16)

budhena tāni tulyāni vistārānmaṇḍalādapi  
prāyaśaścandrayogīni vidyādṛkṣāṇi tattvavit //

### [1.57.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.17)

tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparam  
śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane //

### [1.57.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.18)

sarvopari nikṛṣṭāni tārakāmaṇḍalāni tu  
yojanadvayamātrāṇi tebhyo hrasvaṃ na vidyate //

### [1.57.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.19)

upariṣṭāttrayasteṣāṃ grahā ye dūrasarpiṇaḥ  
sauro 'ṅgirāś ca vakraś ca jñeyā mandavicāriṇaḥ //

### [1.57.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.20)

tebhyo 'dhastāttu catvāraḥ punaranye mahāgrahāḥ  
sūryaḥ somo budhaścaiva bhārgavaścaiva śīghragāḥ //

### [1.57.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.21)

tāvantyastārakāḥ koṭyo yāvantyṛkṣāṇi sarvaśaḥ  
dhruvāt tu niyamāccaiṣām ṛkṣamārge vyavasthitiḥ //

### [1.57.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.22)

saptāśvasyaiva sūryasya nīcoccatvamanukramāt  
uttarāyaṇamārgastho yadā parvasu candramāḥ //

### [1.57.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.23)

uccatvāddṛśyate śīghraṃ nātivyaktairgabhastibhiḥ  
tadā dakṣiṇamārgastho nīcāṃ vīthimupāśritaḥ //

### [1.57.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.24)

bhūmirekhāvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ paurṇimāvāsyayos tadā  
dadṛśe ca yathākālaṃ śīghramastamupaiti ca //

### [1.57.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.25)

tasmāduttaramārgastho hy amāvāsyāṃ niśākaraḥ  
dadṛśe dakṣiṇe mārge niyamāddṛśyate na ca //

### [1.57.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.26)

jyotiṣāṃ gatiyogena sūryasya tamasā vṛtaḥ  
samānakālāstamayau viṣuvatsu samodayau //

### [1.57.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.27)

uttarāsu ca vīthīṣu vyantarāstamanodayau  
paurṇimāvāsyayor jñeyau jyotiścakrānuvartinau //

### [1.57.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.28)

dakṣiṇāyanamārgastho yadā carati raśmivān  
grahāṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ sūryo 'dhastāt prasarpati //

### [1.57.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.29)

vistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā tasyordhvaṃ carate śaśī  
nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ somādūrdhvaṃ prasarpati //

### [1.57.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.30)

nakṣatrebhyo budhaścordhvaṃ budhādūrdhvaṃ tu bhārgavaḥ  
vakrastu bhārgavādūrdhvaṃ vakrād ūrdhvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ //

### [1.57.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.31)

tasmācchanaiścaraścordhvaṃ tasmātsaptarṣimaṇḍalam  
ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva saptānāṃ dhruvasyordhvaṃ vyavasthitiḥ //

### [1.57.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.32)

taṃ viṣṇulokaṃ paramaṃ jñātvā mucyeta kilbiṣāt  
dviguṇeṣu sahasreṣu yojanānāṃ śateṣu ca //

### [1.57.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.33)

grahanakṣatratārāsu upariṣṭādyathākramam  
grahāś ca candrasūryau ca yutau divyena tejasā //

### [1.57.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.34)

nityamṛkṣeṣu yujyante gacchanto 'harniśaṃ kramāt  
grahanakṣatrasūryās te nīcoccaṛjusaṃsthitāḥ //

### [1.57.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.35)

samāgame ca bhede ca paśyanti yugapatprajāḥ  
ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ smṛtāḥ sarve samāgacchanti pañcadhā //

### [1.57.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.36)

parasparāsthitā hyete yujyante ca parasparam  
asaṃkareṇa vijñeyas teṣāṃ yogastu vai budhaiḥ //

### [1.57.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.37)

evaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ grahāṇāṃ gamanaṃ dvijāḥ  
bhāskarapramukhānāṃ ca yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam //

### [1.57.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.38)

grahādhipatye bhagavān brahmaṇā padmayoninā  
abhiṣiktaḥ sahasrāṃśū rudreṇa tu yathā guhaḥ //

### [1.57.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.39)

tasmādgrahārcanā kāryā agnau codyaṃ yathāvidhi  
ādityagrahapīḍāyāṃ sadbhiḥ kāryārthasiddhaye //

### [1.57.39.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.57.39.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge jyotiścakre grahacārakathanaṃ nāma saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa.60.2) — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.52.90) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.23.98) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.63.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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