Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 5
DB 12 5.1
श्रीगायत्रीस्तोत्रवर्णनम् नारद उवाव भक्तानुकम्पिन् सर्वज्ञ हृदयं पापनाशनम् । गायत्र्याः कथितं तस्माद्गायत्र्याः स्तोत्रमीरय
śrīgāyatrīstotravarṇanam nārada uvāva bhaktānukampin sarvajña hṛdayaṃ pāpanāśanam | gāyatryāḥ kathitaṃ tasmādgāyatryāḥ stotramīraya
The description of the Hymn to Śrī Gāyatrī. Nārada said: O compassionate to devotees, O all-knowing one, the Heart of Gāyatrī, destroyer of sin, has been told; therefore now declare the hymn of praise of Gāyatrī.
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DB 12 5.2
श्रीनारायण उवाच आदिशक्ते जगन्मातर्भक्तानुग्रहकारिणि । सर्वत्र व्यापिकेऽनन्ते श्रीसन्ध्ये ते नमोऽस्तु ते
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ādiśakte jaganmātarbhaktānugrahakāriṇi | sarvatra vyāpike'nante śrīsandhye te namo'stu te
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: O primordial Power, O mother of the world, O bestower of grace on devotees, O all-pervading, endless one, O Śrī Sandhyā, homage to you, homage to you!
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DB 12 5.3
त्वमेव सन्ध्या गायत्री सावित्री च सरस्वती । बाह्मी च वैष्णवी रौद्री रक्ता श्वेता सितेतरा
tvameva sandhyā gāyatrī sāvitrī ca sarasvatī | bāhmī ca vaiṣṇavī raudrī raktā śvetā sitetarā
You alone are Sandhyā, Gāyatrī, Sāvitrī and Sarasvatī, Brāhmī and Vaiṣṇavī and Raudrī, red, white, and other than white (dark).
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DB 12 5.4
प्रातर्बाला च मध्याह्ने यौवनस्था भवेत्पुनः । वृद्धा सायं भगवती चिन्त्यते मुनिभिः सदा
prātarbālā ca madhyāhne yauvanasthā bhavetpunaḥ | vṛddhā sāyaṃ bhagavatī cintyate munibhiḥ sadā
In the morning a girl, at midday she becomes established in youth again, and in the evening the Blessed One is aged — thus she is ever contemplated by the sages.
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DB 12 5.5
हंसस्था गरुडारूढा तथा वृषभवाहिनी । ऋग्वेदाध्यायिनी भूमौ दृश्यते या तपस्विभिः
haṃsasthā garuḍārūḍhā tathā vṛṣabhavāhinī | ṛgvedādhyāyinī bhūmau dṛśyate yā tapasvibhiḥ
Seated on a goose, mounted on Garuḍa, and also borne by a bull, reciting the Ṛgveda — she who is seen upon the earth by the ascetics;
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DB 12 5.6
यजुर्वेदं पठन्ती च अन्तरिक्षे विराजते । सा सामगापि सर्वेषु भ्राम्यमाणा तथा भुवि
yajurvedaṃ paṭhantī ca antarikṣe virājate | sā sāmagāpi sarveṣu bhrāmyamāṇā tathā bhuvi
and reciting the Yajurveda she shines in the mid-region; she, singing the Sāman too, likewise roams over all (things) on earth.
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DB 12 5.7
रुद्रलोकं गता त्वं हि विष्णुलोकनिवासिनी । त्वमेव ब्रह्मणो लोकेऽमर्त्यानुग्रहकारिणी
rudralokaṃ gatā tvaṃ hi viṣṇulokanivāsinī | tvameva brahmaṇo loke'martyānugrahakāriṇī
You indeed have gone to the world of Rudra, you dwell in the world of Viṣṇu; you alone in the world of Brahmā bestow grace on mortals.
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DB 12 5.8
सप्तर्षिप्रीतिजननी माया बहुवरप्रदा । शिवयोः करनेत्रोत्था ह्यश्रुस्वेदसमुद्भवा
saptarṣiprītijananī māyā bahuvarapradā | śivayoḥ karanetrotthā hyaśrusvedasamudbhavā
Producer of the delight of the seven seers, Māyā, giver of many boons, arisen from the hand and eye of Śiva and Śivā, born indeed from tears and sweat;
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DB 12 5.9
आनन्दजननी दुर्गा दशधा परिपढ्यते । वरेण्या वरदा चैव वरिष्ठा वरवर्णिनी
ānandajananī durgā daśadhā paripaḍhyate | vareṇyā varadā caiva variṣṭhā varavarṇinī
Producer of bliss, Durgā, she is recited in tenfold (fashion): Vareṇyā, Varadā, Variṣṭhā, Varavarṇinī,
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DB 12 5.10
गरिष्ठा च वरार्हा च वरारोहा च सप्तमी । नीलगङ्गा तथा सन्ध्या सर्वदा भोगमोक्षदा
gariṣṭhā ca varārhā ca varārohā ca saptamī | nīlagaṅgā tathā sandhyā sarvadā bhogamokṣadā
And Gariṣṭhā, and Varārhā, and Varārohā as the seventh; then Nīlagaṅgā and Sandhyā, who always grants enjoyment and liberation.
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DB 12 5.11
भागीरथी मर्त्यलोके पाताले भोगवत्यपि । त्रिलोकवाहिनी देवी स्थानत्रयनिवासिनी
bhāgīrathī martyaloke pātāle bhogavatyapi | trilokavāhinī devī sthānatrayanivāsinī
(She is) Bhāgīrathī in the world of mortals, and in the netherworld Bhogavatī; the goddess flowing through the three worlds, dwelling in the three places.
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DB 12 5.12
भूर्लोकस्था त्वमेवासि धरित्री लोकधारिणी । भुवो लोके वायुशक्तिः स्वर्लोके तेजसां निधिः
bhūrlokasthā tvamevāsi dharitrī lokadhāriṇī | bhuvo loke vāyuśaktiḥ svarloke tejasāṃ nidhiḥ
You alone, abiding in the earth-world, are Dharitrī, the supporter of the world; in the Bhuvar-world you are the power of wind, in the Svar-world the treasury of radiances.
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DB 12 5.13
महर्लोके महासिद्धिर्जनलोके जनेत्यपि । तपस्विनी तपोलोके सत्यलोके तु सत्यवाक्
maharloke mahāsiddhirjanaloke janetyapi | tapasvinī tapoloke satyaloke tu satyavāk
In the Mahar-world you are Mahāsiddhi, in the Jana-world you are Jananī (the Mother); in the Tapas-world you are the ascetic woman, and in the Satya-world the speaker of truth.
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DB 12 5.14
कमला विष्णुलोके च गायत्री ब्रह्मलोकदा । रुद्रलोके स्थिता गौरी हरार्धाङ्गनिवासिनी
kamalā viṣṇuloke ca gāyatrī brahmalokadā | rudraloke sthitā gaurī harārdhāṅganivāsinī
And in Viṣṇu's world Kamalā, in Brahmā's world the bestowing Gāyatrī; in Rudra's world you abide as Gaurī, dwelling as half the body of Hara.
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DB 12 5.15
अहमो महतश्चैव प्रकृतिस्त्वं हि गीयसे । साम्यावस्थात्मिका त्वं हि शबलब्रह्मरूपिणी
ahamo mahataścaiva prakṛtistvaṃ hi gīyase | sāmyāvasthātmikā tvaṃ hi śabalabrahmarūpiṇī
You indeed are sung of as the Prakṛti of the I-principle (ahaṃkāra) and of the great principle (mahat); you are the one whose nature is the state of equilibrium, having the form of the variegated (qualified) Brahman.
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DB 12 5.16
ततः परा परा शक्तिः परमा त्वं हि गीयसे । इच्छाशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिस्त्रिशक्तिदा
tataḥ parā parā śaktiḥ paramā tvaṃ hi gīyase | icchāśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirjñānaśaktistriśaktidā
Higher than that, the supreme power — you are indeed sung of as the highest; the power of will, the power of action, the power of knowledge, the giver of the three powers.
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DB 12 5.17
गङ्गा च यमुना चैव विपाशा च सरस्वती । सरयूर्देविका सिन्धुर्नर्मदैरावती तथा
gaṅgā ca yamunā caiva vipāśā ca sarasvatī | sarayūrdevikā sindhurnarmadairāvatī tathā
And Gaṅgā and Yamunā, and Vipāśā and Sarasvatī, Sarayū, Devikā, Sindhu, Narmadā and Airāvatī likewise;
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DB 12 5.18
गोदावरी शतद्रूश्च कावेरी देवलोकगा । कौशिकी चन्द्रभागा च वितस्ता च सरस्वती
godāvarī śatadrūśca kāverī devalokagā | kauśikī candrabhāgā ca vitastā ca sarasvatī
Godāvarī and Śatadru, Kāverī that goes to the world of the gods, Kauśikī and Candrabhāgā, and Vitastā and Sarasvatī;
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DB 12 5.19
गण्डकी तापिनी तोया गोमती वेत्रवत्यपि । इडा च पिङ्गला चैव सुषुम्णा च तृतीयका
gaṇḍakī tāpinī toyā gomatī vetravatyapi | iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā ca tṛtīyakā
Gaṇḍakī, Tāpinī, Toyā, Gomatī and also Vetravatī; and Iḍā and Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā as the third;
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DB 12 5.20
गान्धारी हस्तिजिह्वा च पूषापूषा तथैव च । अलम्बुषा कुहूश्चैव शङ्खिनी प्राणवाहिनी
gāndhārī hastijihvā ca pūṣāpūṣā tathaiva ca | alambuṣā kuhūścaiva śaṅkhinī prāṇavāhinī
Gāndhārī and Hastijihvā, and likewise Pūṣā and Apūṣā, Alambuṣā and Kuhū, Śaṅkhinī, the bearer of breath;
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DB 12 5.21
नाडी च त्वं शरीरस्था गीयसे प्राक्तनैर्बुधैः । हृत्पद्मस्था प्राणशक्तिः कण्ठस्था स्वप्ननायिका
nāḍī ca tvaṃ śarīrasthā gīyase prāktanairbudhaiḥ | hṛtpadmasthā prāṇaśaktiḥ kaṇṭhasthā svapnanāyikā
And you, abiding in the body as the channel (nāḍī), are sung of by the wise men of old; abiding in the lotus of the heart you are the breath-power, abiding in the throat the mistress of dreams.
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DB 12 5.22
तालुस्था त्वं सदाधारा बिन्दुस्था बिन्दुमालिनी । मूले तु कुण्डलीशक्तिर्व्यापिनी केशमूलगा
tālusthā tvaṃ sadādhārā bindusthā bindumālinī | mūle tu kuṇḍalīśaktirvyāpinī keśamūlagā
Abiding in the palate you are the ever-support; abiding in the point (bindu) you are Bindumālinī; but at the root you are the coiled power (Kuṇḍalī), pervading, going to the root of the hair.
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DB 12 5.23
शिखामध्यासना त्वं हि शिखाग्रे तु मनोन्मनी । किमन्यद्बहुनोक्तेन यत्किञ्चिज्जगतीत्रये
śikhāmadhyāsanā tvaṃ hi śikhāgre tu manonmanī | kimanyadbahunoktena yatkiñcijjagatītraye
You are the one seated in the middle of the crown-tuft, and at the tip of the tuft you are Manonmanī. What more is there to say at length? Whatever there is in the three worlds—
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DB 12 5.24
तत्सर्वं त्वं महादेवि श्रिये सन्ध्ये नमोऽस्तु ते । इतीदं कीर्तितं स्तोत्रं सन्ध्यायां बहुपुण्यदम्
tatsarvaṃ tvaṃ mahādevi śriye sandhye namo'stu te | itīdaṃ kīrtitaṃ stotraṃ sandhyāyāṃ bahupuṇyadam
—all that is you, great goddess, Śrī, Sandhyā; homage be to you. Thus has this hymn been proclaimed, granting much merit at the twilight,
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DB 12 5.25
महापापप्रशमनं महासिद्धिविधायकम् । य इदं कीर्तयेत्स्तोत्रं सन्ध्याकाले समाहितः
mahāpāpapraśamanaṃ mahāsiddhividhāyakam | ya idaṃ kīrtayetstotraṃ sandhyākāle samāhitaḥ
quelling great sins, granting great attainments. Whoever, collected in mind, recites this hymn at the time of twilight—
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DB 12 5.26
अपुत्रः प्राप्नुयात्युत्रं धनार्थी धनमाप्नुयात् । सर्वतीर्थतपोदानयज्ञयोगफलं लभेत्
aputraḥ prāpnuyātyutraṃ dhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt | sarvatīrthatapodānayajñayogaphalaṃ labhet
one without a son would obtain a son, one desiring wealth would obtain wealth; he would gain the fruit of all pilgrimages, austerities, gifts, sacrifices and yoga.
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DB 12 5.27
भोगान्भुक्त्वा चिरं कालमन्ते मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । तपस्विभिः कृतं स्तोत्रं स्नानकाले तु यः पठेत्
bhogānbhuktvā ciraṃ kālamante mokṣamavāpnuyāt | tapasvibhiḥ kṛtaṃ stotraṃ snānakāle tu yaḥ paṭhet
Having enjoyed pleasures for a long time, at the end he would attain liberation. But whoever recites this hymn, composed by ascetics, at the time of bathing—
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DB 12 5.28
यत्र कुत्र जले मग्नः सन्ध्यामज्जनजं फलम् । लभते नात्र सन्देहः सत्यं सत्यं च नारद
yatra kutra jale magnaḥ sandhyāmajjanajaṃ phalam | labhate nātra sandehaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ ca nārada
immersed in whatever water it may be, he gains the fruit that arises from bathing at the twilight; there is no doubt in this — it is true, truly, O Nārada.
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DB 12 5.29
शृणुयाद्योऽपि तद्भक्त्या स तु पापात्प्रमुच्यते । पीयूषसदृशं वाक्यं सन्ध्योक्तं नारदेरितम्
śṛṇuyādyo'pi tadbhaktyā sa tu pāpātpramucyate | pīyūṣasadṛśaṃ vākyaṃ sandhyoktaṃ nāraderitam
And whoever hears it with devotion for her, he too is released from sin. (This) speech like nectar, spoken by Sandhyā, was uttered by Nārada.
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