Narasimha Kavacham
Narasimha Kavacham
Narasimha Kavacham
śrī narasiṃha kavacam
nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ vakṣye prahlādenoditaṃ purā |
sarvarakṣākaraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam || 1 ||
sarvasampatkaraṃ caiva svargamokṣapradāyakam |
dhyātvā nṛsiṃhaṃ deveśaṃ hemasiṃhāsanasthitam || 2 ||
vivṛtāsyaṃ trinayanaṃ śaradindusamaprabham |
lakṣmyāliṅgitavāmāṅgaṃ vibhūtibhirupāśritam || 3 ||
caturbhujaṃ komalāṅgaṃ svarṇakuṇḍalaśobhitam |
sarojaśobhitoraskaṃ ratnakeyūramudritam || 4 || [ratnakeyūraśobhitam]
taptakāñcanasaṅkāśaṃ pītanirmalavāsanam |
indrādisuramaulisthasphuranmāṇikyadīptibhiḥ || 5 ||
virājitapadadvandvaṃ śaṅkhacakrādihetibhiḥ |
garutmatā savinayaṃ stūyamānaṃ mudānvitam || 6 ||
svahṛtkamalasaṃvāsaṃ kṛtvā tu kavacaṃ paṭhet |
nṛsiṃho me śiraḥ pātu lokarakṣātmasambhavaḥ || 7 ||
sarvago'pi stambhavāsaḥ phālaṃ me rakṣatu dhvanim |
nṛsiṃho me dṛśau pātu somasūryāgnilocanaḥ || 8 ||
smṛtiṃ me pātu nṛharirmunivaryastutipriyaḥ |
nāsāṃ me siṃhanāsastu mukhaṃ lakṣmīmukhapriyaḥ || 9 ||
sarvavidyādhipaḥ pātu nṛsiṃho rasanāṃ mama |
vaktraṃ pātvinduvadanaḥ sadā prahlādavanditaḥ || 10 ||
nṛsiṃhaḥ pātu me kaṇṭhaṃ skandhau bhūbharaṇāntakṛt |
divyāstraśobhitabhujo nṛsiṃhaḥ pātu me bhujau || 11 ||
karau me devavarado nṛsiṃhaḥ pātu sarvataḥ |
hṛdayaṃ yogisādhyaśca nivāsaṃ pātu me hariḥ || 12 ||
madhyaṃ pātu hiraṇyākṣavakṣaḥkukṣividāraṇaḥ |
nābhiṃ me pātu nṛhariḥ svanābhi brahmasaṃstutaḥ || 13 ||
brahmāṇḍakoṭayaḥ kaṭyāṃ yasyāsau pātu me kaṭim |
guhyaṃ me pātu guhyānāṃ mantrāṇāṃ guhyarūpadhṛk || 14 ||
ūrū manobhavaḥ pātu jānunī nararūpadhṛk |
jaṅghe pātu dharābhārahartā yo'sau nṛkesarī || 15 ||
surarājyapradaḥ pātu pādau me nṛharīśvaraḥ |
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ pātu me sarvaśastanum || 16 ||
mahograḥ pūrvataḥ pātu mahāvīrāgrajo'gnitaḥ |
mahāviṣṇurdakṣiṇe tu mahājvālastu nairṛtau || 17 ||
paścime pātu sarveśo diśi me sarvatomukhaḥ |
nṛsiṃhaḥ pātu vāyavyāṃ saumyāṃ bhūṣaṇavigrahaḥ || 18 ||
īśānyāṃ pātu bhadro me sarvamaṅgaladāyakaḥ |
saṃsārabhayadaḥ pātu mṛtyormṛtyurnṛkesarī || 19 ||
idaṃ nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ prahlādamukhamaṇḍitam |
bhaktimānyaḥ paṭhennityaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 20 ||
putravān dhanavān loke dīrghāyurupajāyate |
yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam || 21 ||
sarvatra jayamāpnoti sarvatra vijayī bhavet |
bhūmyantarikṣadivyānāṃ grahāṇāṃ vinivāraṇam || 22 ||
vṛścikoragasambhūtaviṣāpaharaṇaṃ param |
brahmarākṣasayakṣāṇāṃ dūrotsāraṇakāraṇam || 23 ||
bhūrje vā tālapatre vā kavacaṃ likhitaṃ śubham |
karamūle dhṛtaṃ yena sidhyeyuḥ karmasiddhayaḥ || 24 ||
devāsuramanuṣyeṣu svaṃ svameva jayaṃ labhet |
ekasandhyaṃ trisandhyaṃ vā yaḥ paṭhenniyato naraḥ || 25 ||
sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca vindati |
dvātriṃśatisahasrāṇi paṭhecchuddhātmanāṃ nṛṇām || 26 ||
kavacasyāsya mantrasya mantrasiddhiḥ prajāyate |
anena mantrarājena kṛtvā bhasmābhimantraṇam || 27 ||
tilakaṃ vinyasedyastu tasya grahabhayaṃ haret |
trivāraṃ japamānastu dattaṃ vāryabhimantrya ca || 28 ||
prāśayedyo naro mantraṃ nṛsiṃhadhyānamācaret |
tasya rogāḥ praṇaśyanti ye ca syuḥ kukṣisambhavāḥ || 29 ||
kimatra bahunoktena nṛsiṃhasadṛśo bhavet |
manasā cintitaṃ yattu sa taccāpnotyasaṃśayam || 30 ||
garjantaṃ garjayantaṃ nijabhujapaṭalaṃ sphoṭayantaṃ haṭhantaṃ
rūpyantaṃ tāpayantaṃ divi bhuvi ditijaṃ kṣepayantaṃ kṣipantam |
krandantaṃ roṣayantaṃ diśi diśi satataṃ saṃharantaṃ bharantaṃ
vīkṣantaṃ ghūrṇayantaṃ śaranikaraśatairdivyasiṃhaṃ namāmi ||
iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe prahlādoktaṃ śrī nṛsiṃha kavacam |
About This Stotram
Overview
The Narasimha Kavacham is a Sanskrit protective hymn of 30 verses invoking Lord Narasimha, the man-lion avatar of Vishnu who appeared to protect Prahlada from the demon Hiranyakashipu. The kavacham structure assigns specific divine protection to each part of the devotee's body and surroundings, functioning as a spiritual armor. It belongs to the Vaishnava tradition and is associated with Tantric and Puranic devotional practice.
What are the benefits of chanting Narasimha Kavacham?
- Invokes protection from physical, mental, and spiritual harm
- Removes fear and builds courage in difficult circumstances
- Guards against hostile forces and negative energies
- Supports regular devotional practice focused on the protective aspect of Vishnu
When is the best time to recite this?
The Narasimha Kavacham is recited in the morning and evening, and is considered particularly apt on Narasimha Jayanti (the appearance day of Lord Narasimha). It is also chanted before undertaking challenging tasks or during periods of perceived danger.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Authorship of the Narasimha Kavacham is traditionally attributed to Prahlada, the devoted son who was saved by Narasimha's appearance. The text is placed within Vaishnava Tantric and Puranic literature, possibly connected to the Narasimha Purana or related Agamic sources, though the precise scriptural location is debated among scholars. Kavachams as a literary genre developed primarily during the Puranic period, offering practitioners structured verse-by-verse protection through divine invocation. The text remains in active use across South and North Indian Vaishnava communities.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Narasimha Satakam — a hundred-verse stotram honoring the same deity, offering praise alongside the protection focused on in the kavacham
- Ugra Narasimha Stotram — another hymn addressing the fierce form of Narasimha, closely related in theme and devotional context