The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) - Verse 51
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 85.51
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Sanskrit Original
विश्वामित्र ऋषिस्त्रिष्टुप छन्दो विष्णुस्तु दैवतम। वाकारो हेमवर्णो ऽस्य स्थानं चैवोत्तरं मुखम।।
viśvāmitra ṛṣistriṣṭup chando viṣṇustu daivatam| vākāro hemavarṇo 'sya sthānaṃ caivottaraṃ mukham||
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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.