अष्टाक्षरस्थिता चाहं जगद्व्याप्तं मया त्विदम् । माताऽहं सर्ववेदानां वेदैः सर्वैरलङ्कता
aṣṭākṣarasthitā cāhaṃ jagadvyāptaṃ mayā tvidam | mātā'haṃ sarvavedānāṃ vedaiḥ sarvairalaṅkatā
«أنا قائمٌ في الصورة المقدّسة ذات الثمانية المقاطع، وبهذا أنا أَسري في العالم كلّه. أنا أُمُّ جميع الفيدات، مزدانةٌ ومُثبَتةٌ بكلّ الوحي الفيدي.»
Gāyatrī (personified Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Devī/mantra-personification appears above the Prabhāsa shrine, letters of an eight-syllable mantra forming a halo; the world-map/cosmos is shown as suffused by her light, while Vedic ṛṣis hold palm-leaf Vedas as ornaments around her.
The Devī is presented as mantra-embodied and all-pervading; honoring her is honoring the Vedas themselves.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the sacred region of Prabhāsa) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes Gāyatrī’s mantra-form and Vedic supremacy as the basis for later japa and homa merits.