Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 12.3

gāyatrīmantrakavacavarṇanam
nārada uvāca
svāminsarvajagannātha saṃśayo'sti mama prabho /
catuḥṣaṣṭikalābhijña pātakādyogavidvara

mucyate kena puṇyena brahmarūpaḥ kathaṃ bhavet /
dehaśca devatārūpo mantrarūpo viśeṣataḥ

karma tacchrotumicchāmi nyāsaṃ ca vidhipūrvakam /
ṛṣiśchando'dhidaivaṃ ca dhyānaṃ ca vidhivadvibho

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
astyekaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ gāyatrīkavacaṃ tathā /
paṭhanāddhāraṇānmartyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti devīrūpaśca jāyate /
gāyatrīkavacasyāsya brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ

ṛṣayo ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvaśchandāṃsi nārada /
brahmarūpā devatoktā gāyatrī paramā kalā

tad‌bījaṃ bharga ityeṣā śaktiruktā manīṣibhiḥ /
kīlakaṃ ca dhiyaḥ proktaṃ mokṣārthe viniyojanam

caturbhirhṛdayaṃ proktaṃ tribhirvarṇeḥ śiraḥ smṛtam /
caturbhiḥ syācchikhā paścāt tribhistu kavacaṃ smṛtam

caturbhirnetramuddiṣṭaṃ caturbhiḥ syāttadastrakam /
atha dhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi sādhakābhīṣṭadāyakam

muktāvidrumahemanīladhavalacchāyairmukhaistrīkṣaṇai-
ryuktāmindunibaddharat‍namukuṭāṃ tattvārthavarṇātmikām /
gāyatrīṃ varadābhayāṅ‌kuśakaśāḥ śubhraṃ kapālaṃ guṇaṃ
śaṅ‌khaṃ cakramathāravindayugalaṃ hastairvahantīṃ bhaje

gāyatrī pūrvataḥ pātu sāvitrī pātu dakṣiṇe /
brahmasandhyā tu me paścāduttarāyāṃ sarasvatī

pārvatī me diśaṃ rakṣetpāvakīṃ jalaśāyinī /
yātudhānī diśaṃ rakṣed‌yātudhānabhayaṅ‌karī

pāvamānī diśaṃ rakṣetpavamānavilāsinī /
diśaṃ raudrī ca me pātu rudrāṇī rudrarūpiṇī

ūrdhvaṃ brahmāṇī me rakṣedadhastādvaiṣṇavī tathā /
evaṃ daśa diśo rakṣetsarvāṅ‌gaṃ bhuvaneśvarī

tatpadaṃ pātu me pādau jaṅ‌ghe me savituḥ padam /
vareṇyaṃ kaṭideśe tu nābhiṃ bhargastathaiva ca

devasya me taddhṛdayaṃ dhīmahīti ca gallayoḥ /
dhiyaḥ padaṃ ca me netre yaḥ padaṃ me lalāṭakam

naḥ pātu me padaṃ mūrdhni śikhāyāṃ me pracodayāt /
tatpadaṃ pātu mūrdhānaṃ sakāraḥ pātu bhālakam

cakṣuṣī tu vikārārṇastukārastu kapolayoḥ /
nāsāpuṭaṃ vakārārṇo rekārastu mukhe tathā

ṇikāra ūrdhvamoṣṭhaṃ tu yakārastvadharoṣṭhakam /
āsyamadhye bhakārārṇo rgokāraścibuke tathā

dekāraḥ kaṇṭhadeśe tu vakāraḥ skandhadeśakam /
syakāro dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ dhīkāro vāmahastakam

makāro hṛdayaṃ rakṣeddhikāra udare tathā /
dhikāro nābhideśe tu yokārastu kaṭiṃ tathā

guhyaṃ rakṣatu yokāra ūrū dvau naḥ padākṣaram /
prakāro jānunī rakṣeccokāro jaṅ‌ghadeśakam

dakāraṃ gulphadeśe tu yakāraḥ padayugmakam /
takāravyañjanaṃ caiva sarvāṅ‌gaṃ me sadāvatu

idaṃ tu kavacaṃ divyaṃ bādhāśatavināśanam /
catuḥṣaṣṭikalāvidyādāyakaṃ mokṣakārakam

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati /
paṭhanācchravaṇādvāpi gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ dvādaśaskandhe gāyatrīmantrakavacavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ