The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) - Verse 49
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 85.49
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Sanskrit Original
इन्द्रो ऽधिदैवतं छन्दो गायत्री गौतम ऋषिः। मकारः कृष्णवर्णो ऽस्य स्थानं वै दक्षिणामुखम।।
indro 'dhidaivataṃ chando gāyatrī gautama ṛṣiḥ| makāraḥ kṛṣṇavarṇo 'sya sthānaṃ vai dakṣiṇāmukham||
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The lord said: The metre is Daivī Gāyatrī and the great Ātman is the presiding deity; the first, second and fourth letters are Udātta (high). The fifth is Svarita (neither high nor low), the middle one is Niṣāda.