Sarasvati Kavacham
Sarasvati Kavacham
Sarasvati Kavacham
sarasvatī kavacam
(brahmavaivarta mahāpurāṇāntargataṃ)
bhṛguruvāca |
brahmanbrahmavidāṃśreṣṭha brahmajñānaviśārada |
sarvajña sarvajanaka sarvapūjakapūjita || 60
sarasvatyāśca kavacaṃ brūhi viśvajayaṃ prabho |
ayātayāmamantrāṇāṃ samūho yatra saṃyutaḥ || 61 ||
brahmovāca |
śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi kavacaṃ sarvakāmadam |
śrutisāraṃ śrutisukhaṃ śrutyuktaṃ śrutipūjitam || 62 ||
uktaṃ kṛṣṇena goloke mahyaṃ vṛndāvane vane |
rāseśvareṇa vibhunā rāse vai rāsamaṇḍale || 63 ||
atīva gopanīyañca kalpavṛkṣasamaṃ param |
aśrutādbhutamantrāṇāṃ samūhaiśca samanvitam || 64 ||
yaddhṛtvā paṭhanādbrahmanbuddhimāṃśca bṛhaspatiḥ |
yaddhṛtvā bhagavāñchukraḥ sarvadaityeṣu pūjitaḥ || 65 ||
paṭhanāddhāraṇādvāgmī kavīndro vālmikī muniḥ |
svāyambhuvo manuścaiva yaddhṛtvā sarvapūjitāḥ || 66 ||
kaṇādo gautamaḥ kaṇvaḥ pāṇiniḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ |
granthaṃ cakāra yaddhṛtvā dakṣaḥ kātyāyanaḥ svayam || 67 ||
dhṛtvā vedavibhāgañca purāṇānyakhilāni ca |
cakāra līlāmātreṇa kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ svayam || 68 ||
śātātapaśca saṃvarto vasiṣṭhaśca parāśaraḥ |
yaddhṛtvā paṭhanādgranthaṃ yājñavalkyaścakāra saḥ || 69 ||
ṛṣyaśṛṅgo bharadvājaścāstīko devalastathā |
jaigīṣavyo'tha jābāliryaddhṛtvā sarvapūjitaḥ || 70 ||
kavacasyāsya viprendra ṛṣireṣa prajāpatiḥ |
svayaṃ bṛhaspatiśchando devo rāseśvaraḥ prabhuḥ || 71 ||
sarvatattvaparijñāne sarvārthe'pi ca sādhane |
kavitāsu ca sarvāsu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 72 ||
( kavacaṃ )
oṃ hrīṃ sarasvatyai svāhā śiro me pātu sarvataḥ |
śrīṃ vāgdevatāyai svāhā bhālaṃ me sarvadā'vatu || 73 ||
oṃ hrīṃ sarasvatyai svāheti śrotre pātu nirantaram |
oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ bhagavatyai sarasvatyai svāhā netrayugmaṃ sadā'vatu || 74 ||
aiṃ hrīṃ vāgvādinyai svāhā nāsāṃ me sarvadā'vatu |
hrīṃ vidyādhiṣṭhātṛdevyai svāhā coṃṣṭha sadā'vatu || 75 ||
oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ brāhmyai svāheti dantapaṅktiṃ sadā'vatu |
aimityekākṣaro mantro mama kaṇṭhaṃ sadā'vatu || 76 ||
oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ pātu me grīvāṃ skandhaṃ me śrīṃ sadā'vatu |
oṃ hrīṃ vidyādhiṣṭhātṛdevyai svāhā vakṣaḥ sadā'vatu || 77 ||
oṃ hrīṃ vidyāsvarūpāyai svāhā me pātu nābhikām |
oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ vāṇyai svāheti mama pṛṣṭhaṃ sadā'vatu || 78 ||
oṃ sarvavarṇātmikāyai pādayugmaṃ sadā'vatu |
oṃ rāgādhiṣṭhātṛdevyai sarvāṅgaṃ me sadā'vatu || 79 ||
oṃ sarvakaṇṭhavāsinyai svāhā pracyāṃ sadā'vatu |
oṃ hrīṃ jihvāgravāsinyai svāhā'gnidiśi rakṣatu || 80 ||
oṃ aiṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ sarasvatyai budhajananyai svāhā |
satataṃ mantrarājo'yaṃ dakṣiṇe māṃ sadā'vatu || 81 ||
oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ tryakṣaro mantro nairṛtyāṃ me sadā'vatu |
kavijihvāgravāsinyai svāhā māṃ vāruṇe'vatu || 82 ||
oṃ sadambikāyai svāhā vāyavye māṃ sadā'vatu |
oṃ gadyapadyavāsinyai svāhā māmuttare'vatu || 83 ||
oṃ sarvaśāstravāsinyai svāhaiśānyāṃ sadā'vatu |
oṃ hrīṃ sarvapūjitāyai svāhā cordhvaṃ sadā'vatu || 84 ||
aiṃ hrīṃ pustakavāsinyai svāhā'dho māṃ sadāvatu |
oṃ granthabījarūpāyai svāhā māṃ sarvato'vatu || 85 ||
iti te kathitaṃ vipra sarvamantraughavigraham |
idaṃ viśvajayaṃ nāma kavacaṃ brahmārūpakam || 86 ||
purā śrutaṃ dharmavaktrātparvate gandhamādane |
tava snehānmayā''khyātaṃ pravaktavyaṃ na kasyacit || 87 ||
gurumabhyarcya vidhivadvastrālaṅkāracandanaiḥ |
praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmau kavacaṃ dhārayetsudhīḥ || 88 ||
pañcalakṣajapenaiva siddhaṃ tu kavacaṃ bhavet |
yadi syātsiddhakavaco bṛhaspati samo bhavet || 89 ||
mahāvāgmī kavīndraśca trailokyavijayī bhavet |
śaknoti sarvaṃ jetuṃ sa kavacasya prabhāvataḥ || 90 ||
idaṃ te kāṇvaśākhoktaṃ kathitaṃ kavacaṃ mune |
stotraṃ pūjāvidhānaṃ ca dhyānaṃ vai vandanaṃ tathā || 91 ||
iti śrī brahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde sarasvatīkavacaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ |
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Sarasvati Kavacham is a Sanskrit kavacham (protective hymn) of 31 verses dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, drawn from the Brahmavaivarta Purana. It is structured as a dialogue in which the sage Bhrigu requests Brahma to reveal a protective armour (kavacham) of Saraswati containing potent mantras. The text belongs to the Shakta devotional tradition within Puranic literature.
What are the benefits of chanting Sarasvati Kavacham?
- Protection from obstacles in the pursuit of learning and creative endeavors
- Attainment of knowledge, eloquence, and clarity of thought
- Success in intellectual and worldly undertakings
- Spiritual growth through devotion to the Goddess of knowledge
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning recitation is standard, particularly on Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja). It is also recited before examinations, new academic or creative projects, and on Navratri days associated with Saraswati worship (typically the eighth and ninth days).
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Brahmavaivarta Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, traditionally attributed to Vyasa. Its current form is generally placed in the latter half of the first millennium CE, though individual sections developed over a longer period. Kavachams as a genre originate in Tantric and Puranic literature and follow a prescribed structure in which specific deities are invoked to protect different parts of the devotee's body and surroundings. The Sarasvati Kavacham follows this established format within the Brahmavaivarta Puranic context.
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Related Texts
- Saraswati Stotram — a 21-verse Sanskrit stotram honoring the same deity with a focus on her attributes rather than protective invocation
- Saraswati Suktam — the Vedic source hymns to Saraswati, representing an earlier stratum of texts in the same tradition