nārada uvāca । bhagavan devadeveśa bhūtabhavyajagatprabho । kavacaṃ ca śrutaṃ divyaṃ gāyatrīmantravigraham ॥ 1 ॥ adhunā śrotumicchāmi gāyatrīhṛdayaṃ param । yaddhāraṇādbhavetpuṇyaṃ gāyatrījapato'khilam ॥ 2 ॥ śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca । devyāśca hṛdayaṃ proktaṃ nāradātharvaṇe sphuṭam । tadevāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi rahasyātirahasyakam ॥ 3 ॥ virāḍrūpāṃ mahādevīṃ gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram । dhyātvā tasyāstvathāṅgeṣu dhyāyedetāśca devatāḥ ॥ 4 ॥ piṇḍabrahmaṇḍayoraikyādbhāvayetsvatanau tathā । devīrūpe nije dehe tanmayatvāya sādhakaḥ ॥ 5 ॥ nādevo'bhyarcayeddevamiti vedavido viduḥ । tato'bhedāya kāye sve bhāvayeddevatā imāḥ ॥ 6 ॥ atha tatsampravakṣyāmi tanmayatvamatho bhavet । gāyatrīhṛdayasyā'syā'pyahameva ṛṣiḥ smṛtaḥ ॥ 7 ॥ gāyatrīchanda uddiṣṭaṃ devatā parameśvarī । pūrvoktena prakāreṇa kuryādaṅgāni ṣaṭkramāt । āsane vijane deśe dhyāyedekāgramānasaḥ ॥ 8 ॥ athārthanyāsaḥ । dyaumūrdhni daivatam । dantapaṅktāvaśvinau । ubhe sandhye cauṣṭhau । mukhamagniḥ । jihvā sarasvatī । grīvāyāṃ tu bṛhaspatiḥ । stanayorvasavo'ṣṭau । bāhvormarutaḥ । hṛdaye parjanyaḥ । ākāśamudaram । nābhāvantarikṣam । kaṭyorindrāgnī । jaghane vijñānaghanaḥ prajāpatiḥ । kailāsamalaye ūrū । viśvedevā jānvoḥ । jaṅghāyāṃ kauśikaḥ । guhyamayane । ūrū pitaraḥ । pādau pṛthivī । vanaspatayo'ṅgulīṣu । ṛṣayo romāṇi । nakhāni muhūrtāni । asthiṣu grahāḥ । asṛṅmāṃsamṛtavaḥ ॥ saṃvatsarā vai nimiṣam । ahorātrāvādityaścandramāḥ । pravarāṃ divyāṃ gāyatrīṃ sahasranetrāṃ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye ॥ oṃ tatsaviturvareṇyāya namaḥ । oṃ tatpūrvājayāya namaḥ । tatprātarādityāya namaḥ । tatprātarādityapratiṣṭhāyai namaḥ ॥ prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati । sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati । sāyaṃ prātaradhīyāno apāpo bhavati । sarvatīrtheṣu snāto bhavati । sarvairdevairjñāto bhavati । avācyavacanātpūto bhavati । abhakṣyabhakṣaṇātpūto bhavati । abhojyabhojanātpūto bhavati । acoṣyacoṣaṇātpūto bhavati । asādhyasādhanātpūto bhavati । duṣpratigrahaśatasahasrātpūto bhavati । sarvapratigrahātpūto bhavati । paṅktidūṣaṇātpūto bhavati । anṛtavacanātpūto bhavati । athā'brahmacārī brahmacārī bhavatī । anena hṛdayenādhītena kratusahasreṇeṣṭaṃ bhavati । ṣaṣṭiśatasahasragāyatryā japyāni phalāni bhavanti । aṣṭau brāhmaṇān samyaggrāhayet । tasya siddhirbhavati । ya idaṃ nityamadhīyāno brāhmaṇaḥ prātaḥ śuciḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyata iti । brahmaloke mahīyate ॥ ityāha bhagavān śrīnārāyaṇaḥ ॥ iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvādaśaskandhe śrī gāyatrī hṛdayaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ ॥