Garuda Purana · Chapter 1.36
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe gāyattrīnyāsanirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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hariruvāca /
sandhyāvidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu rudrāghanāśanam /
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā sandhyāsnānamupakramet
sapraṇavāṃ savyāhṛtiṃ gāyattrīṃ śirasā saha /
triḥ paṭhedāyatapraṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate
manovākrāyajaṃ doṣaṃ prāṇāyāmairdaheddvijaḥ /
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu prāṇāyāmaparo bhavet
sāyamagniśca metyuktā prātaḥ sūryetyapaḥ pibet /
āpaḥ punantu madhyāhne upaspṛśya yathāvidhi
āpohiṣṭhetyṛcā kuryānmārjanaṃ tu kuśodakaiḥ /
praṇavena tu saṃyuktaṃ kṣipedvāri padepade
rajastamaḥ svamohotthāñjāgratsvapnasuṣuptijān /
vāṅmanaḥ karmajāndoṣānnavaitānnavabhirdahet
samuddhṛtyodakaṃ pāṇau japtvā ca drupadāṃ kṣipet /
tripaḍaṣṭau dvādaśadhā vartayedaghamarpaṇam
udutyañcitramityābhyāmupatiṣṭheddivākaram /
divā rātrau ca yatpāpaṃ sarvaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt
pūrvasaṃdhyāṃ japaṃstiṣṭhetpaścimāmupaviśya ca /
mahāvyāhṛtisaṃyuktāṃ gāyattrīṃ praṇavānvitām
daśabhirjanmajanitaṃ śatena tu purā kṛtam /
triyugaṃ tu sahasreṇa gāyattrī hanti duṣkṛtam
raktā bhavati gāyattrī sāvitrī śuklavarṇikā /
kṛṣṇā sarasvatī jñeyā saṃdhyātrayamudāhṛtam
oṃ bhūrvinyasya hṛdaye oṃ bhuvaḥ śirasi nyaset /
oṃ svariti śikhāyāṃ ca gāyattryāḥ prathamaṃ padam
vinyasetkavace vidvāndvitīyaṃ netrayornyaset /
tṛtīyenāṅgavinyāsaṃ caturthaṃ sarvato nyaset
saṃdhyākāle tu vinyasya japedvai vedamātaram /
śivastasyāstu sarvāhne prāṇāyāmaparaṃ nyaset
tripadā yā tu gāyattrī brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarī /
viniyogamṛṣicchando jñātvā tu japamārabhet
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokamavāpnuyāt /
parorajasi sāvadoṃ turīyapadamīritam
taṃ hanti sūryaḥ sandhyāyāṃ nopāstiṃ kurute tu yaḥ /
turīyasya padasyāpi ṛṣirnirmala eva ca
chandastu devī gāyattrī paramātmā ca devatā
Original text: Garuḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0