Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 12.2

gāyatriśaktyādipratipādanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
varṇānāṃ śaktayaḥ kāśca tāḥ śṛṇuṣva mahāmune /
vāmadevī priyā satyā viśvā bhadravilāsinī

prabhāvatī jayā śāntā kāntā durgā sarasvatī /
vidrumā ca viśāleśā vyāpinī vimalā tathā

tamo'pahāriṇī sūkṣmā viśvayonirjayā vaśā /
padmālayā parā śobhā bhadrā ca tripadā smṛtā

caturviṃśativarṇānāṃ śaktayaḥ samudāhṛtāḥ /
ataḥ paraṃ varṇavarṇānvyāharāmi yathātatham

campakā atasīpuṣpasannibhaṃ vidrumaṃ tathā /
sphaṭikākārakaṃ caiva padmapuṣpasamaprabham

taruṇādityasaṅ‌kāśaṃ śaṅ‌khakundendusannibham /
pravālapadyapatrābhaṃ padmarāgasamaprabham

indranīlamaṇiprakhyaṃ mauktikaṃ kuṅ‌kumaprabham /
añjanābhaṃ ca raktaṃ ca vaidūryaṃ kṣaudrasannibham

hāridraṃ kundadugdhābhaṃ ravikāntisamaprabham /
śukapucchanibhaṃ tadvacchatapatranibhaṃ tathā

ketakīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ mallikākusumaprabham /
karavīraśca ityete krameṇa parikīrtitāḥ

varṇāḥ proktāśca varṇānāṃ mahāpāpaviśodhanāḥ /
pṛthivyāpastathā tejo vāyurākāśa eva ca

gandho rasaśca rūpaṃ ca śabdaḥ sparśastathaiva ca /
upasthaṃ pāyupādaṃ ca pāṇī vāgapi ca kramāt

prāṇaṃ jihvā ca cakṣuśca tvakśrotraṃ ca tataḥ param /
prāṇo'pānastathā vyānaḥ samānaśca tataḥ param

tattvānyetāni varṇānāṃ kramaśaḥ kīrtitāni tu /
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi varṇamudrāḥ kameṇa tu

sumukhaṃ sampuṭaṃ caiva vitataṃ vismṛtaṃ tathā /
dvimukhaṃ trimukhaṃ caiva catuḥpañcamukhaṃ tathā

ṣaṇmukhādhomukhaṃ caiva vyāpakājjalikaṃ tathā /
śakaṭaṃ yamapāśaṃ ca grathitaṃ sanmukhonmukham

vilambaṃ muṣṭikaṃ caiva matsyaṃ kūrmaṃ varāhakam /
siṃhākrāntaṃ mahākrāntaṃ mud‌garaṃ pallavaṃ tathā

triśūlayonī surabhiścākṣamālā ca liṅ‌gakam /
ambujaṃ ca mahāmudrāsturyarūpāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

ityetāḥ kīrtitā mudrā varṇānāṃ te mahāmune /
mahāpāpakṣayakarāḥ kīrtidāḥ kāntidā mune

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvādaskandhe gāyatriśaktyādipratipādanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ