ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
नवार्चिर्लोहिताङ्गश्च प्रजापतिसुतो ग्रहः / आषाढास्विह पूर्वासु समुत्पन्न इति श्रुतिः
navārcirlohitāṅgaśca prajāpatisuto grahaḥ / āṣāḍhāsviha pūrvāsu samutpanna iti śrutiḥ
The nine-rayed, red-bodied planet, son of Prajāpati—Mangala—was born in the Pūrvā Āṣāḍhā stars; so declares the Śruti.