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.
गायत्री च भवेच्छन्दो देवता भुवनेश्वरी
She is also Gāyatrī as the metre, the goddess as Bhuvaneśvarī.
संहारसृष्टिमार्गेण मातृकान्यस्तविग्रहः
By the path of dissolution and creation, the Mothers take various forms.
हृल्लेखां मूर्ध्नि वदने गगनां हृदयांबुजे
One should place Hrillekhā on the head, in the mouth, and the sky in the lotus of the heart.
ऊर्द्ध्वप्राग्दक्षिणोदीच्यपश्चिमेषूत्तरे ऽपि च
Also in the upward, eastern, southern, northern, western, and even the upper directions.
अङ्गानि विन्यसेत्पश्चाज्जातियुक्तानि षट् क्रमात्
Then, one should arrange the six limbs, each with their respective class, in order.
सावित्र्या सहितं विष्णुं कपोले दक्षिणे न्यसेत्
With Sāvitrī, one should place Viṣṇu on the right cheek.
श्रिया धनपतिं न्यस्य वामकर्णाग्रके पुनः
With Śrī, one should place the Lord of Wealth again at the tip of the left ear.
सव्यकर्णोपरि निधाकर्णगण्डान्तरालयोः
Above the left ear, and in the space between the ear and the cheek.
कण्ठमूले स्तनद्वन्द्वे वामांसे हृदयांबुजे
At the root of the throat, on both breasts, on the left shoulder, and in the lotus of the heart.
भालांश्च पार्श्वजठरे पार्श्वांसापरके हृदि
On the forehead, at the sides, on the belly, on the other side, and in the heart.