Twelfth Skandha · Chapter 5
Sourceश्रीगायत्रीस्तोत्रवर्णनम् नारद उवाव भक्तानुकम्पिन् सर्वज्ञ हृदयं पापनाशनम् । गायत्र्याः कथितं तस्माद्गायत्र्याः स्तोत्रमीरय ॥ १ ॥ श्रीनारायण उवाच आदिशक्ते जगन्मातर्भक्तानुग्रहकारिणि । सर्वत्र व्यापिकेऽनन्ते श्रीसन्ध्ये ते नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २ ॥ त्वमेव सन्ध्या गायत्री सावित्री च सरस्वती । बाह्मी च वैष्णवी रौद्री रक्ता श्वेता सितेतरा ॥ ३ ॥ प्रातर्बाला च मध्याह्ने यौवनस्था भवेत्पुनः । वृद्धा सायं भगवती चिन्त्यते मुनिभिः सदा ॥ ४ ॥ हंसस्था गरुडारूढा तथा वृषभवाहिनी । ऋग्वेदाध्यायिनी भूमौ दृश्यते या तपस्विभिः ॥ ५ ॥ यजुर्वेदं पठन्ती च अन्तरिक्षे विराजते । सा सामगापि सर्वेषु भ्राम्यमाणा तथा भुवि ॥ ६ ॥ रुद्रलोकं गता त्वं हि विष्णुलोकनिवासिनी । त्वमेव ब्रह्मणो लोकेऽमर्त्यानुग्रहकारिणी ॥ ७ ॥ ॥ सप्तर्षिप्रीतिजननी माया बहुवरप्रदा । शिवयोः करनेत्रोत्था ह्यश्रुस्वेदसमुद्भवा ॥ ८ ॥ आनन्दजननी दुर्गा दशधा परिपढ्यते । वरेण्या वरदा चैव वरिष्ठा वरवर्णिनी ॥ ९ ॥ गरिष्ठा च वरार्हा च वरारोहा च सप्तमी । नीलगङ्गा तथा सन्ध्या सर्वदा भोगमोक्षदा ॥ १० ॥ भागीरथी मर्त्यलोके पाताले भोगवत्यपि । त्रिलोकवाहिनी देवी स्थानत्रयनिवासिनी ॥ ११ ॥ भूर्लोकस्था त्वमेवासि धरित्री लोकधारिणी । भुवो लोके वायुशक्तिः स्वर्लोके तेजसां निधिः ॥ १२ ॥ महर्लोके महासिद्धिर्जनलोके जनेत्यपि । तपस्विनी तपोलोके सत्यलोके तु सत्यवाक् ॥ १३ ॥ कमला विष्णुलोके च गायत्री ब्रह्मलोकदा । रुद्रलोके स्थिता गौरी हरार्धाङ्गनिवासिनी । १४ ॥ अहमो महतश्चैव प्रकृतिस्त्वं हि गीयसे । साम्यावस्थात्मिका त्वं हि शबलब्रह्मरूपिणी ॥ १५ ॥ ततः परा परा शक्तिः परमा त्वं हि गीयसे । इच्छाशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिस्त्रिशक्तिदा ॥ १६ ॥ गङ्गा च यमुना चैव विपाशा च सरस्वती । सरयूर्देविका सिन्धुर्नर्मदैरावती तथा ॥ १७ ॥ गोदावरी शतद्रूश्च कावेरी देवलोकगा । कौशिकी चन्द्रभागा च वितस्ता च सरस्वती ॥ १८ ॥ गण्डकी तापिनी तोया गोमती वेत्रवत्यपि । इडा च पिङ्गला चैव सुषुम्णा च तृतीयका ॥ १९ ॥ गान्धारी हस्तिजिह्वा च पूषापूषा तथैव च । अलम्बुषा कुहूश्चैव शङ्खिनी प्राणवाहिनी ॥ २० ॥ नाडी च त्वं शरीरस्था गीयसे प्राक्तनैर्बुधैः । हृत्पद्मस्था प्राणशक्तिः कण्ठस्था स्वप्ननायिका ॥ २१ ॥ तालुस्था त्वं सदाधारा बिन्दुस्था बिन्दुमालिनी । मूले तु कुण्डलीशक्तिर्व्यापिनी केशमूलगा ॥ २२ ॥ शिखामध्यासना त्वं हि शिखाग्रे तु मनोन्मनी । किमन्यद्बहुनोक्तेन यत्किञ्चिज्जगतीत्रये ॥ २३ ॥ तत्सर्वं त्वं महादेवि श्रिये सन्ध्ये नमोऽस्तु ते । इतीदं कीर्तितं स्तोत्रं सन्ध्यायां बहुपुण्यदम् ॥ २४ ॥ महापापप्रशमनं महासिद्धिविधायकम् । य इदं कीर्तयेत्स्तोत्रं सन्ध्याकाले समाहितः ॥ २५ ॥ अपुत्रः प्राप्नुयात्युत्रं धनार्थी धनमाप्नुयात् । सर्वतीर्थतपोदानयज्ञयोगफलं लभेत् ॥ २६ ॥ भोगान्भुक्त्वा चिरं कालमन्ते मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । तपस्विभिः कृतं स्तोत्रं स्नानकाले तु यः पठेत् ॥ २७ ॥ यत्र कुत्र जले मग्नः सन्ध्यामज्जनजं फलम् । लभते नात्र सन्देहः सत्यं सत्यं च नारद ॥ २८ ॥ शृणुयाद्योऽपि तद्भक्त्या स तु पापात्प्रमुच्यते । पीयूषसदृशं वाक्यं सन्ध्योक्तं नारदेरितम् ॥ २९ ॥ इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वादशस्कन्धे श्रीगायत्रीस्तोत्रवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ॥ ५ ॥
śrīgāyatrīstotravarṇanam nārada uvāva bhaktānukampin sarvajña hṛdayaṃ pāpanāśanam | gāyatryāḥ kathitaṃ tasmādgāyatryāḥ stotramīraya || 1 || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ādiśakte jaganmātarbhaktānugrahakāriṇi | sarvatra vyāpike'nante śrīsandhye te namo'stu te || 2 || tvameva sandhyā gāyatrī sāvitrī ca sarasvatī | bāhmī ca vaiṣṇavī raudrī raktā śvetā sitetarā || 3 || prātarbālā ca madhyāhne yauvanasthā bhavetpunaḥ | vṛddhā sāyaṃ bhagavatī cintyate munibhiḥ sadā || 4 || haṃsasthā garuḍārūḍhā tathā vṛṣabhavāhinī | ṛgvedādhyāyinī bhūmau dṛśyate yā tapasvibhiḥ || 5 || yajurvedaṃ paṭhantī ca antarikṣe virājate | sā sāmagāpi sarveṣu bhrāmyamāṇā tathā bhuvi || 6 || rudralokaṃ gatā tvaṃ hi viṣṇulokanivāsinī | tvameva brahmaṇo loke'martyānugrahakāriṇī || 7 || || saptarṣiprītijananī māyā bahuvarapradā | śivayoḥ karanetrotthā hyaśrusvedasamudbhavā || 8 || ānandajananī durgā daśadhā paripaḍhyate | vareṇyā varadā caiva variṣṭhā varavarṇinī || 9 || gariṣṭhā ca varārhā ca varārohā ca saptamī | nīlagaṅgā tathā sandhyā sarvadā bhogamokṣadā || 10 || bhāgīrathī martyaloke pātāle bhogavatyapi | trilokavāhinī devī sthānatrayanivāsinī || 11 || bhūrlokasthā tvamevāsi dharitrī lokadhāriṇī | bhuvo loke vāyuśaktiḥ svarloke tejasāṃ nidhiḥ || 12 || maharloke mahāsiddhirjanaloke janetyapi | tapasvinī tapoloke satyaloke tu satyavāk || 13 || kamalā viṣṇuloke ca gāyatrī brahmalokadā | rudraloke sthitā gaurī harārdhāṅganivāsinī | 14 || ahamo mahataścaiva prakṛtistvaṃ hi gīyase | sāmyāvasthātmikā tvaṃ hi śabalabrahmarūpiṇī || 15 || tataḥ parā parā śaktiḥ paramā tvaṃ hi gīyase | icchāśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirjñānaśaktistriśaktidā || 16 || gaṅgā ca yamunā caiva vipāśā ca sarasvatī | sarayūrdevikā sindhurnarmadairāvatī tathā || 17 || godāvarī śatadrūśca kāverī devalokagā | kauśikī candrabhāgā ca vitastā ca sarasvatī || 18 || gaṇḍakī tāpinī toyā gomatī vetravatyapi | iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā ca tṛtīyakā || 19 || gāndhārī hastijihvā ca pūṣāpūṣā tathaiva ca | alambuṣā kuhūścaiva śaṅkhinī prāṇavāhinī || 20 || nāḍī ca tvaṃ śarīrasthā gīyase prāktanairbudhaiḥ | hṛtpadmasthā prāṇaśaktiḥ kaṇṭhasthā svapnanāyikā || 21 || tālusthā tvaṃ sadādhārā bindusthā bindumālinī | mūle tu kuṇḍalīśaktirvyāpinī keśamūlagā || 22 || śikhāmadhyāsanā tvaṃ hi śikhāgre tu manonmanī | kimanyadbahunoktena yatkiñcijjagatītraye || 23 || tatsarvaṃ tvaṃ mahādevi śriye sandhye namo'stu te | itīdaṃ kīrtitaṃ stotraṃ sandhyāyāṃ bahupuṇyadam || 24 || mahāpāpapraśamanaṃ mahāsiddhividhāyakam | ya idaṃ kīrtayetstotraṃ sandhyākāle samāhitaḥ || 25 || aputraḥ prāpnuyātyutraṃ dhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt | sarvatīrthatapodānayajñayogaphalaṃ labhet || 26 || bhogānbhuktvā ciraṃ kālamante mokṣamavāpnuyāt | tapasvibhiḥ kṛtaṃ stotraṃ snānakāle tu yaḥ paṭhet || 27 || yatra kutra jale magnaḥ sandhyāmajjanajaṃ phalam | labhate nātra sandehaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ ca nārada || 28 || śṛṇuyādyo'pi tadbhaktyā sa tu pāpātpramucyate | pīyūṣasadṛśaṃ vākyaṃ sandhyoktaṃ nāraderitam || 29 || iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvādaśaskandhe śrīgāyatrīstotravarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ || 5 ||
English translation
1. Narada said O All knowing One! Thou showest Thy grace to Thy devotees! Thou hast described this sin-destroying Gayatri Hridaya. Now describe Her Stava (hymn of praise).
2-29. Narayana said O World-Mother! O Thou, favouring Thy devotees! O Thou, the Prime Force, O Omnipresent! Infinite! S’ri Sandhye! I bow down to Thee. Thou art the Sandhya; Thou art the Gayatri, Savitri and Sarasvati; Thou art Brahmi, Vaisnavi and Raudri and Thou art red, white, and black (the colours of Gayatri, Savitri and Sarasvati) that Thou assumest respectively. O Bhagavati! Thou art always meditated by the Munis as young in the morning, full of youth in the mid-day, and aged in the evening. I bow down to Thee. Thou art seen by the Tapasvis (ascetics) as Brahmani, riding on Hamsa (swan), Sarasvati riding on Garuda, and Savitri riding on Bull. Thou art seen within by the ascetics as manifesting the Rigveda (in the form of Savitri) in this world, as manifesting Yayurveda in the middle space (antariksam) and as manifesting Samaveda everywhere in the Rudra loka, thus roaming in the three worlds. I bow down to Thee. O Devi! Thou art Rudrani in the Rudra loka, Vaisnavi in the Visnu loka, and Brahmani in the Brahma loka; thus Thou shewest Thy favour to the Immortals. O Devi! Thou art the Mother delighting the seven Risis (of the Great Bear); Thou art Maya. Thou grantest great many boons to Thy Bhaktas. Thou art sprung from the eyes and hands, tears and perspiration of S’iva and S’iva. Thou art the Mother of delights, Durga Devi, recited by the following ten names Varenya, Varada, Varistha, Varavarnini, Garistha, Varaha, Vararoha, Nilaganga, Sandhya and Bhoga Moksada. Thou art the Bhagirathi (the river Ganges) in this world; the Bhogavati in the Patala; and the Mandakini (the milky way) in the Heavens. Thou art in this world (Bhur loka) the all-enduring PrithvT (earth); Thou art the Vayu S’akti (air power) in the middle space
(Bhubhar Loka); Thou art the energy (the ocean of Tejas) in the Heavens (Svar loka); Thou art the Great Siddhi in the Mahar loka; Thou art Jana in the Janar Loka; Thou art Tapasvini in the Tapar loka; Thou art Truth (True Speech) in the Satya lokann. Thou art Kamala in Visnu loka; Gayatri in Brahma loka; and the other half of Hara as Gauri in the Rudra loka. O Devi! Thou art sung as Prakrit! - “Aham” “Om-Mahat” tattva and beyond that the Highest Sarva Brahma rupini and Samyavastha Prakrit!. Thou art the Para S’akti; Thou art the Parama S’akti; O Devi! Thou art the Tri-S’akti the Ichchha S’akti (the will power), the Kriya S’akti (power of action) and the Jhana S’akti (the force of knowledge).
Thou art the Ganga, Yamuna, Vipas'a, Sarasvati, Sarayu, Devika, Sindhu; Narmada, Iravati, Godavari, S’atadru; Kaveri, Kaus'iki, Chandra Bhaga, Vitasta, Gandaki, Tapini, Karatoya, Gomati, and Vetravati and other rivers; Thou art the Ida, Pingala, and Susumna nerves; Thou art Gandhari, Hastajihva, Pusa, Apusa, Alambusa, Kuhu, S’ankhini, Pranavahini and other nerves in the body; O Devi! Thou art the vital power in the lotus of the heart; Thou art Svapna naika in the throat; Thou art Sadadhara in the palate; and Thou art the Vindumalini S’akti in the pituitary space between the eyebrows.
Thou art the Kundalini in the Muladhara (sacral plexus), the Vyapini extending upto the roots of the hairs; Thou art Madhyasana on the crown of the head, and Thou art Manonmani in the Brahmarandhra. O Devi! What need there is in stating these? Suffice it to say that whatever there is seen in this universe, all art Thou; therefore, O S’ri Sandhya Devi! I bow down to Thee. O Narada! Thus I have spoken to you about the Gayatri-Stotra that gives all successes, destroys all sins, and yields all merits.
He who reads this in the Sandhya times, with all attention, will get sons if he has no sons, will get wealth if he has no wealth. There is no doubt in this. Whoever reads this Stotra gets the fruits of all Tirthas, all Tapasyas, all gifts, all sacrifices and all Yogas. He enjoys
happiness in this world and finally gets the Moksa. The Munis who are engaged in Tapasyas read this Stotra. While bathing, if one reads this, merged under water, acquires the fruits of his being merged in the Sandhya. O Narada! I speak this verily, verily, verily, unto you that there is no trace of any doubt in this statement. Whoever will hear with devotion this Sandhya stotra, the nectar-like thing, will be freed from all sins.
Here ends the Fifth Chapter of the Twelfth Book on the Gayatri Stotra in the Mahapuranam S’ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 31980, revision 84721 (2016-10-10T07:50:07Z). English is Swami Vijñanananda’s complete 1921–23 public-domain translation, controlled against the archival OCR and its chapter page at https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk12ch05.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.