Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 54
Gṛhastha-nitya-karman: Śauca, Sandhyā-vidhi, Pañca-yajña, and Āśrama-krama
तेजोऽसि गायत्र्यसीति प्रार्थयेत्सवितुर्महः । ततोऽङ्गानि त्रिरावर्त्य ध्यायेच्छक्तीस्तदात्मिकाः ॥ ५४ ॥
tejo'si gāyatryasīti prārthayetsaviturmahaḥ | tato'ṅgāni trirāvartya dhyāyecchaktīstadātmikāḥ || 54 ||
Reciting, “You are radiance; you are Gāyatrī,” one should pray to the great glory of Savitṛ. Then, having mentally reviewed the limbs three times, one should meditate on the Śaktis that are of that very essence.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames Gāyatrī as living radiance (tejas) and directs the practitioner from verbal prayer to inner contemplation—meditating on the mantra’s Śaktis as identical with Savitṛ’s divine splendor.
Bhakti appears here as reverent address and surrender—“You are radiance; you are Gāyatrī”—followed by focused remembrance (dhyāna) of the deity’s power, turning mantra-recitation into heartfelt worship.
It points to applied ritual technique: structured japa with aṅga-anuvṛtti/āvaraṇa (reviewing the limbs three times), akin to nyāsa-style practice and disciplined mantra-upāsanā used in Vedic and post-Vedic ritual manuals.