Skandapurana 17.1.785_43

17.1.785_43

pañcāgnisādhakāścānye śilācūrṇasya bhakṣakāḥ ..
japaṃti cānye saṃśuddhā gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram ..
sāvitrīṃ manasā cānye devīmanye sarasvatīm.. 114 ..

And others practiced the five fires; [others] ate powdered stone; / and others, fully purified, chanted the Gāyatrī, mother of the Vedas, / while others mentally [recited] Sāvitrī, and others the goddess Sarasvatī; 114