पातु प्रतीचीमनिशं मम ब्रह्मशिराएङ्किता
May she, marked with the Brahmaśiras, protect my western direction day and night.
उदीचीं षट्पदा पातु षष्टितत्त्वकलात्मिका
May she, of six parts and essence of sixty tattvas, protect my northern direction.
व्योमा संपातु मे वोर्द्ध्वशिरो वेदान्तसंस्थिता
May the one established in Vedanta, the sky itself, protect my upward head.
चापेषुचर्मासिधरा पातु मे पावकीं दिशम्
Bearing bow, arrows, hide, and sword, may she protect my fiery direction.
बिभ्रत्कमण्डलुं चाक्षं स्रुवस्रुवौ पातु नैरृतिम्
Holding water-pot, rosary, ladle, and sacrificial spoon, may she protect the southwest.
कपालशूलकाक्षस्रग्धारिणी पातु वायवीम्
Wearing a garland of skulls and bones, may she protect the northwest.
शङ्खचक्राभयकरा पातु शैवीं दिशं मम
With conch, discus, and gesture of fearlessness, may she protect my Shaiva direction.
वराभयखड्गचर्मभुजा पात्वधरां दिशम्
With arms bearing boon, fearlessness, sword, and shield, may she protect the downward direction.
स्वस्वदिक्षुस्थिताः पातुं ग्रहशक्त्यङ्गसंयुताः
May those established in their respective directions, united with the powers of the planets and limbs, protect.
व्यापकत्वेन पान्त्वस्मानापादतलमस्तकम्
By their all-pervasiveness, may they protect us from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head.
संध्ययोः प्रत्यहं भक्त्या जपकाले विशेषतः
At the two twilights, each day, especially at the time of recitation, with devotion—
भूतिदा भुवना वाणी महावसुमती मही
She is the giver of prosperity, the speech of the worlds, the great earth, the ground.
यशस्विनी सती सत्या वेदविच्चिन्मयी शुभा
She is renowned, virtuous, truthful, the essence of the Vedas, and auspicious.
मोदा देवी वरिष्ठा च धीश्च शान्तिर्मती मही
She is joyful, the supreme goddess, intelligence, peace, and the earth endowed with wisdom.
दया च यामिनी पद्मा रोहिणी रमणी जया
She is compassion, night, lotus, Rohiṇī, delightful, and victorious.
माया प्रज्ञा परा दोग्ध्री मानिनी पोषिणी क्रिया
She is illusion, wisdom, supreme, the milker, proud, nourishing, and action.
ब्राह्मी हैमी भुजङ्गी च वशिनी सुंदरी वनी
She is Brāhmī, golden, serpent-like, enchanting, beautiful, and speech.
माया स्वधा रमा तन्वी रिपुघ्नी रक्षणणी सती
She is illusion, Svadhā, Ramā, slender, destroyer of enemies, protector, and virtuous.
अमरा तीर्थदा दीक्षा दुर्धर्षा रोगहारिणी
She is immortal, giver of holy places, initiation, unconquerable, and remover of disease.
योगिनी वमला सत्या अबला बलदा जया
She is a yoginī, stainless, truthful, weak, giver of strength, and victorious.
अचिरा वृष्टिदा ज्ञेया ऋततन्त्रा ऋतात्मिका
She is swift, giver of rain, to be known, of the order of truth, and whose essence is truth.
द्विपदा या चतुष्पदा त्रिपदा या च षट्पदा
She is two-footed, four-footed, three-footed, and six-footed.
अष्टोत्तरशतं नाम्नां सावित्र्या यः पठेन्नरः
Whoever recites these one hundred and eight names of Sāvitrī—
एतत्ते कथितं विप्र पञ्चप्रकृतिलक्षणम्
This, O Brahmin, is the fivefold characteristic that has been told to you.
मन्त्राराधनपूर्वं च विश्वकामप्रपूरणम्
And, before the worship of the mantra, it fulfills all desires in the universe.
लोकपद्मे तपस्थस्य सृष्ट्यर्थं संबभूवतुः
In the lotus of the world, for the purpose of creation, the two were born through austerity.
तौ जातमात्रौ पयसि लोकप्रलयलक्षणे
As soon as they were born, in the waters, at the time marked by the dissolution of the worlds—
प्रवृत्तावत्तुमालक्ष्य तुष्टाव जगदंबिकाम्
Seeing the beginning of activity, he praised the Mother of the Universe.
नारायणाक्षिसंस्थाना निद्रा प्रीता बभूव ह
Sleep, established in the eyes of Nārāyaṇa, became pleased.
सारुणा क्रोधनी शान्तिश्चन्द्रालङ्कृतशेखरा
She became reddish, wrathful, peaceful, adorned with a moon-crested crown.