Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham
Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham
Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham
pañcamukha hanumatkavacam
|| pañcamukha hanumatkavacam ||
asya śrī pañcamukhahanumanmantrasya brahmā ṛṣiḥ gāyatrīchandaḥ pañcamukhavirāṭ hanumān devatā hrīṃ bījaṃ śrīṃ śaktiḥ krauṃ kīlakaṃ krūṃ kavacaṃ kraiṃ astrāya phaṭ iti digbandhaḥ |
śrī garuḍa uvāca |
atha dhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu sarvāṅgasundari |
yatkṛtaṃ devadevena dhyānaṃ hanumataḥ priyam || 1 ||
pañcavaktraṃ mahābhīmaṃ tripañcanayanairyutam |
bāhubhirdaśabhiryuktaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhidam || 2 ||
pūrvaṃ tu vānaraṃ vaktraṃ koṭisūryasamaprabham |
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhṛkuṭīkuṭilekṣaṇam || 3 ||
asyaiva dakṣiṇaṃ vaktraṃ nārasiṃhaṃ mahādbhutam |
atyugratejovapuṣaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhayanāśanam || 4 ||
paścimaṃ gāruḍaṃ vaktraṃ vakratuṇḍaṃ mahābalam |
sarvanāgapraśamanaṃ viṣabhūtādikṛntanam || 5 ||
uttaraṃ saukaraṃ vaktraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dīptaṃ nabhopamam |
pātālasiṃhavetālajvararogādikṛntanam || 6 ||
ūrdhvaṃ hayānanaṃ ghoraṃ dānavāntakaraṃ param |
yena vaktreṇa viprendra tārakākhyaṃ mahāsuram || 7 ||
jaghāna śaraṇaṃ tatsyātsarvaśatruharaṃ param |
dhyātvā pañcamukhaṃ rudraṃ hanūmantaṃ dayānidhim || 8 ||
khaḍgaṃ triśūlaṃ khaṭvāṅgaṃ pāśamaṅkuśaparvatam |
muṣṭiṃ kaumodakīṃ vṛkṣaṃ dhārayantaṃ kamaṇḍalum || 9 ||
bhindipālaṃ jñānamudrāṃ daśabhirmunipuṅgavam |
etānyāyudhajālāni dhārayantaṃ bhajāmyaham || 10 ||
pretāsanopaviṣṭaṃ taṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam |
divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam |
sarvāścaryamayaṃ devaṃ hanumadviśvatomukham || 11 ||
pañcāsyamacyutamanekavicitravarṇa-
-vaktraṃ śaśāṅkaśikharaṃ kapirājavaryam |
pītāmbarādimukuṭairupaśobhitāṅgaṃ
piṅgākṣamādyamaniśaṃ manasā smarāmi || 12 ||
markaṭeśaṃ mahotsāhaṃ sarvaśatruharaṃ param |
śatruṃ saṃhara māṃ rakṣa śrīmannāpadamuddhara || 13 ||
harimarkaṭa markaṭa mantramidaṃ
parilikhyati likhyati vāmatale |
yadi naśyati naśyati śatrukulaṃ
yadi muñcati muñcati vāmalatā || 14 ||
oṃ harimarkaṭāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pañcavadanāya pūrvakapimukhāya sakalaśatrusaṃhārakāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pañcavadanāya dakṣiṇamukhāya karālavadanāya narasiṃhāya sakalabhūtapramathanāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pañcavadanāya paścimamukhāya garuḍānanāya sakalaviṣaharāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pañcavadanāya uttaramukhāya ādivarāhāya sakalasampatkarāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pañcavadanāya ūrdhvamukhāya hayagrīvāya sakalajanavaśaṅkarāya svāhā |
oṃ asya śrī pañcamukhahanumanmantrasya śrīrāmacandra ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchandaḥ pañcamukhavīrahanumān devatā hanumān iti bījaṃ vāyuputra iti śaktiḥ añjanīsuta iti kīlakaṃ śrīrāmadūtahanumatprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
iti ṛṣyādikaṃ vinyaset |
atha karanyāsaḥ |
oṃ añjanīsutāya aṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ rudramūrtaye tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vāyuputrāya madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ agnigarbhāya anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ rāmadūtāya kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ pañcamukhahanumate karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
atha aṅganyāsaḥ |
oṃ añjanīsutāya hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ rudramūrtaye śirase svāhā |
oṃ vāyuputrāya śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ agnigarbhāya kavacāya hum |
oṃ rāmadūtāya netratrayāya vauṣaṭ |
oṃ pañcamukhahanumate astrāya phaṭ |
pañcamukhahanumate svāhā iti digbandhaḥ |
atha dhyānam |
vande vānaranārasiṃhakhagarāṭkroḍāśvavaktrānvitaṃ
divyālaṅkaraṇaṃ tripañcanayanaṃ dedīpyamānaṃ rucā |
hastābjairasikheṭapustakasudhākumbhāṅkuśādriṃ halaṃ
khaṭvāṅgaṃ phaṇibhūruhaṃ daśabhujaṃ sarvārivīrāpaham |
atha mantraḥ |
oṃ śrīrāmadūtāya āñjaneyāya vāyuputrāya mahābalaparākramāya sītāduḥkhanivāraṇāya laṅkādahanakāraṇāya mahābalapracaṇḍāya phālgunasakhāya kolāhalasakalabrahmāṇḍaviśvarūpāya
saptasamudranirlaṅghanāya piṅgalanayanāya amitavikramāya sūryabimbaphalasevanāya duṣṭanivāraṇāya dṛṣṭinirālaṅkṛtāya sañjīvinīsañjīvitāṅgada-lakṣmaṇamahākapisainyaprāṇadāya
daśakaṇṭhavidhvaṃsanāya rāmeṣṭāya mahāphālgunasakhāya sītāsahitarāmavarapradāya ṣaṭprayogāgamapañcamukhavīrahanumanmantrajape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya bambambambambaṃ vauṣaṭ svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya phamphamphamphamphaṃ phaṭ svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya kheṅkheṅkheṅkheṅkheṃ māraṇāya svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya luṃluṃluṃluṃluṃ ākarṣitasakalasampatkarāya svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya dhandhandhandhandhaṃ śatrustambhanāya svāhā |
oṃ ṭaṇṭaṇṭaṇṭaṇṭaṃ kūrmamūrtaye pañcamukhavīrahanumate parayantra paratantroccāṭanāya svāhā |
oṃ kaṅkhaṅgaṅghaṃṅaṃ cañchañjañjhaṃñaṃ ṭaṇṭhaṇḍaṇḍhaṃṇaṃ tanthandandhannaṃ pamphambambhammaṃ yaṃraṃlaṃvaṃ śaṃṣaṃsaṃhaṃ laṅkṣaṃ svāhā |
iti digbandhaḥ |
oṃ pūrvakapimukhāya pañcamukhahanumate ṭaṇṭaṇṭaṇṭaṇṭaṃ sakalaśatrusaṃharaṇāya svāhā |
oṃ dakṣiṇamukhāya pañcamukhahanumate karālavadanāya narasiṃhāya oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ hraiṃ hrauṃ hraḥ sakalabhūtapretadamanāya svāhā |
oṃ paścimamukhāya garuḍānanāya pañcamukhahanumate mammammammammaṃ sakalaviṣaharāya svāhā |
oṃ uttaramukhāya ādivarāhāya laṃlaṃlaṃlaṃlaṃ nṛsiṃhāya nīlakaṇṭhamūrtaye pañcamukhahanumate svāhā |
oṃ ūrdhvamukhāya hayagrīvāya ruṃruṃruṃruṃruṃ rudramūrtaye sakalaprayojananirvāhakāya svāhā |
oṃ añjanīsutāya vāyuputrāya mahābalāya sītāśokanivāraṇāya śrīrāmacandrakṛpāpādukāya mahāvīryapramathanāya brahmāṇḍanāthāya kāmadāya pañcamukhavīrahanumate svāhā |
bhūtapretapiśācabrahmarākṣasa śākinīḍākinyantarikṣagraha parayantra paratantroccaṭanāya svāhā |
sakalaprayojananirvāhakāya pañcamukhavīrahanumate śrīrāmacandravaraprasādāya jañjañjañjañjaṃ svāhā |
idaṃ kavacaṃ paṭhitvā tu mahākavacaṃ paṭhennaraḥ |
ekavāraṃ japet stotraṃ sarvaśatrunivāraṇam || 15 ||
dvivāraṃ tu paṭhennityaṃ putrapautrapravardhanam |
trivāraṃ ca paṭhennityaṃ sarvasampatkaraṃ śubham || 16 ||
caturvāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvaroganivāraṇam |
pañcavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvalokavaśaṅkaram || 17 ||
ṣaḍvāraṃ ca paṭhennityaṃ sarvadevavaśaṅkaram |
saptavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakam || 18 ||
aṣṭavāraṃ paṭhennityamiṣṭakāmārthasiddhidam |
navavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ rājabhogamavāpnuyāt || 19 ||
daśavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ trailokyajñānadarśanam |
rudrāvṛttiṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvasiddhirbhaveddhṛvam || 20 ||
nirbalo rogayuktaśca mahāvyādhyādipīḍitaḥ |
kavacasmaraṇenaiva mahābalamavāpnuyāt || 21 ||
iti sudarśanasaṃhitāyāṃ śrīrāmacandrasītāproktaṃ śrī pañcamukhahanumatkavacam |
About This Stotram
Overview
Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham is a 21-verse protective hymn (kavacham) dedicated to the five-faced form of Hanuman, in which each face corresponds to a different deity: Hanuman (east), Narasimha (north), Garuda (south), Varaha (west), and Hayagriva (upward). The text follows a tantric structure with nyasa, bija syllables, and kavacha (armor) invocations. It belongs to the tradition of Hanuman upasana within Hindu tantric and Puranic devotional practice.
What are the benefits of chanting Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham?
- Provides protection from fear, enemies, and malevolent forces
- Bestows strength, courage, and confidence
- Removes obstacles and promotes success in endeavors
- Guards against illness through the protective power attributed to the Garuda face
When is the best time to recite this?
The kavacham is recited in the morning after bathing, in the evening, or whenever protection is sought. Hanuman Jayanti is a particularly auspicious occasion for its recitation.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Panchamukha form of Hanuman is associated with tantric worship and appears in Agamic and later Puranic literature. The kavacham's structure — with its Brahma Rishi attribution, Gayatri chandas, and use of bija mantras — reflects the conventions of tantric protective hymns that became widespread in South and central India during the medieval period. The text's precise authorship and date of composition are unknown. The five-faced form of Hanuman is particularly venerated in the tradition surrounding the Panchamukha Anjaneya temples of South India.
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
- Hanuman Chalisa — the forty-verse devotional hymn to Hanuman by Tulsidas, the most widely recited Hanuman text
- Sankat Mochan Hanuman Ashtakam — an eight-verse hymn to Hanuman as the remover of afflictions, sharing the protective theme of this kavacham