[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 2.12.23 # Vishnupurana 2.12.23 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.12.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.23) tathā keturathasyāśvā aṣṭau te vātaraṃhasaḥ palāladhūmavarṇābhā lākṣārasanibhāruṇāḥ // > The chariot of the son of Chandra, Budha or Mercury, is composed of the elementary substances air and fire, and is drawn by eight bay horses of the speed of the wind. The vast car of Śukra (Venus) is drawn by earth-born horses, is equipped with a protecting fender and a floor, armed with arrows, and decorated by a banner. The splendid car of Bhauma (Mars) is of gold, of an octagonal shape, drawn by eight horses, of a ruby red, sprung from fire. Vrihaspati (Jupiter), in a golden car drawn by eight pale-coloured horses, travels from sign to sign in the period of a year: and the tardy-paced Śani (Saturn) moves slowly along in a car drawn by piebald steeds. Eight black horses draw the dusky chariot of Ráhu, and once harnessed are attached to it for ever. On the Parvas (the nodes, or lunar and solar eclipses), Ráhu directs his course from the sun to the moon, and back again from the moon to the sun. The eight horses of the chariot of Ketu are of the dusky red colour of Lac, or of the smoke of burning straw. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.22) - [Next: 2.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.24) - [Up: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.12.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.12.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.12.23) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.58.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.52.83) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.127.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.12.23) · Pramāṇa