Shiva Kavacham

śiva kavacam

Śloka 1

atha śivakacam

asya śrī śivakavaca stotra mahāmantrasya |

ṛṣabha-yogīśvara ṛṣiḥ |

anuṣṭup chandaḥ |

śrī-sāmbasadāśivo devatā |

oṃ bījam |

namaḥ śaktiḥ |

śivāyeti kīlakam |

sāmbasadāśivaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||

karanyāsaḥ

oṃ sadāśivāya aṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |

naṃ gaṅgādharāya tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |

maṃ mṛtyuñjayāya madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |

śiṃ śūlapāṇaye anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |

vāṃ pinākapāṇaye kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |

yaṃ umāpataye karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |

hṛdayādi aṅganyāsaḥ

oṃ sadāśivāya hṛdayāya namaḥ |

naṃ gaṅgādharāya śirase svāhā |

maṃ mṛtyuñjayāya śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |

śiṃ śūlapāṇaye kavacāya hum |

vāṃ pinākapāṇaye netratrayāya vauṣaṭ |

yaṃ umāpataye astrāya phaṭ |

bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbandhaḥ ||

dhyānam

vajradaṃṣṭraṃ trinayanaṃ kālakaṇṭha marindamam |

sahasrakara-matyugraṃ vande śambhuṃ umāpatim ||

rudrākṣa-kaṅkaṇa-lasatkara-daṇḍayugmaḥ pālāntarā-lasita-bhasmadhṛta-tripuṇḍraḥ |

pañcākṣaraṃ paripaṭhan varamantrarājaṃ dhyāyan sadā paśupatiṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajethāḥ ||

ataḥ paraṃ sarvapurāṇa-guhyaṃ niḥśeṣa-pāpaughaharaṃ pavitram |

jayapradaṃ sarva-vipatpramocanaṃ vakṣyāmi śaivaṃ kavacaṃ hitāya te ||

pañcapūjā

laṃ pṛthivyātmane gandhaṃ samarpayāmi |

haṃ ākāśātmane puṣpaiḥ pūjayāmi |

yaṃ vāyvātmane dhūpaṃ āghrāpayāmi |

raṃ agnyātmane dīpaṃ darśayāmi |

vaṃ amṛtātmane amṛtaṃ mahā-naivedyaṃ nivedayāmi |

saṃ sarvātmane sarvopacāra-pūjāṃ samarpayāmi ||

mantraḥ

ṛṣabha uvāca |

namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ viśva-vyāpina-mīśvaram |

vakṣye śivamayaṃ varma sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇām || 1 ||

śucau deśe samāsīno yathāvatkalpitāsanaḥ |

jitendriyo jitaprāṇa-ścintayecchivamavyayam || 2 ||

hṛtpuṇḍarīkāntarasanniviṣṭaṃ

svatejasā vyāpta-nabho'vakāśam |

atīndriyaṃ sūkṣmamanantamādyaṃ

dhyāyetparānandamayaṃ maheśam || 3 ||

dhyānāvadhūtākhilakarmabandha-

-ściraṃ cidānandanimagnacetāḥ |

ṣaḍakṣaranyāsasamāhitātmā

śaivena kuryātkavacena rakṣām || 4 ||

māṃ pātu devo'khiladevatātmā

saṃsārakūpe patitaṃ gabhīre |

tannāma divyaṃ varamantramūlaṃ

dhunotu me sarvamaghaṃ hṛdistham || 5 ||

sarvatra māṃ rakṣatu viśvamūrti-

-rjyoti-rmayānandaghanaścidātmā |

aṇoraṇīyānuruśaktirekaḥ

sa īśvaraḥ pātu bhayādaśeṣāt || 6 ||

yo bhūsvarūpeṇa bibharti viśvaṃ

pāyātsa bhūmergiriśo'ṣṭamūrtiḥ |

yo'pāṃ svarūpeṇa nṛṇāṃ karoti

sañjīvanaṃ so'vatu māṃ jalebhyaḥ || 7 ||

kalpāvasāne bhuvanāni dagdhvā

sarvāṇi yo nṛtyati bhūrilīlaḥ |

sa kālarudro'vatu māṃ davāgne-

-rvātyādibhīte-rakhilācca tāpāt || 8 ||

pradīpta-vidyutkanakāvabhāso

vidyāvarābhīti-kuṭhārapāṇiḥ |

caturmukhastatpuruṣastrinetraḥ

prācyāṃ sthito rakṣatu māmajasram || 9 ||

kuṭhāra kheṭāṅkuśapāśaśūla

kapālapāśākṣa guṇāndadhānaḥ |

caturmukho nīla-rucistrinetraḥ

pāyādaghoro diśi dakṣiṇasyām || 10 ||

kundendu-śaṅkha-sphaṭikāvabhāso

vedākṣamālā-varadābhayāṅkaḥ |

tryakṣaścaturvaktra uruprabhāvaḥ

sadyo'dhijāto'vatu māṃ pratīcyām || 11 ||

varākṣa-mālābhayaṭaṅka-hastaḥ

saroja-kiñjalkasamānavarṇaḥ |

trilocana-ścārucaturmukho māṃ

pāyādudīcyāṃ diśi vāmadevaḥ || 12 ||

vedābhayeṣṭāṅkuśaṭaṅkapāśa-

-kapālaḍhakkākṣara-śūlapāṇiḥ |

sitadyutiḥ pañcamukho'vatānmā-

-mīśāna ūrdhvaṃ paramaprakāśaḥ || 13 ||

mūrdhānamavyānmama candramauliḥ

phālaṃ mamāvyādatha phālanetraḥ |

netre mamāvyādbhaganetrahārī

nāsāṃ sadā rakṣatu viśvanāthaḥ || 14 ||

pāyācchrutī me śrutigītakīrtiḥ

kapolamavyātsatataṃ kapālī |

vaktraṃ sadā rakṣatu pañcavaktro

jihvāṃ sadā rakṣatu vedajihvaḥ || 15 ||

kaṇṭhaṃ girīśo'vatu nīlakaṇṭhaḥ

pāṇidvayaṃ pātu pinākapāṇiḥ |

dormūlamavyānmama dharmabāhuḥ

vakṣaḥsthalaṃ dakṣamakhāntako'vyāt || 16 ||

mamodaraṃ pātu girīndradhanvā

madhyaṃ mamāvyānmadanāntakārī |

herambatāto mama pātu nābhiṃ

pāyātkaṭiṃ dhūrjaṭirīśvaro me || 17 ||

[smarāri-ravyānmama guhyadeśam

pṛṣṭaṃ sadā rakṣatu pārvatīśaḥ |]

ūrudvayaṃ pātu kuberamitro

jānudvayaṃ me jagadīśvaro'vyāt |

jaṅghāyugaṃ puṅgavaketuravyā-

-tpādau mamāvyātsuravandyapādaḥ || 18 ||

maheśvaraḥ pātu dinādiyāme

māṃ madhyayāme'vatu vāmadevaḥ |

trilocanaḥ pātu tṛtīyayāme

vṛṣadhvajaḥ pātu dināntyayāme || 19 ||

pāyānniśādau śaśiśekharo māṃ

gaṅgādharo rakṣatu māṃ niśīthe |

gaurīpatiḥ pātu niśāvasāne

mṛtyuñjayo rakṣatu sarvakālam || 20 ||

antaḥsthitaṃ rakṣatu śaṅkaro māṃ

sthāṇuḥ sadā pātu bahiḥsthitaṃ mām |

tadantare pātu patiḥ paśūnāṃ

sadāśivo rakṣatu māṃ samantāt || 21 ||

tiṣṭhanta-mavyādbhuvanaikanāthaḥ

pāyādvrajantaṃ pramathādhināthaḥ |

vedāntavedyo'vatu māṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ

māmavyayaḥ pātu śivaḥ śayānam || 22 ||

mārgeṣu māṃ rakṣatu nīlakaṇṭhaḥ

śailādi-durgeṣu puratrayāriḥ |

araṇyavāsādi-mahāpravāse

pāyānmṛgavyādha udāraśaktiḥ || 23 ||

kalpānta-kālogra-paṭuprakopaḥ [kaṭopa]

sphuṭāṭṭa-hāsoccalitāṇḍa-kośaḥ |

ghorāri-senārṇavadurnivāra-

-mahābhayādrakṣatu vīrabhadraḥ || 24 ||

pattyaśvamātaṅga-rathāvarūdhinī- [ghaṭāvarūtha]

-sahasra-lakṣāyuta-koṭibhīṣaṇam |

akṣauhiṇīnāṃ śatamātatāyināṃ

chindyānmṛḍo ghorakuṭhāradhārayā || 25 ||

nihantu dasyūnpralayānalārci-

-rjvalattriśūlaṃ tripurāntakasya |

śārdūla-siṃharkṣavṛkādi-hiṃsrān

santrāsayatvīśa-dhanuḥ pinākaḥ || 26 ||

dussvapna duśśakuna durgati daurmanasya

durbhikṣa durvyasana dussaha duryaśāṃsi |

utpāta-tāpa-viṣabhīti-masadgrahārtiṃ

vyādhīṃśca nāśayatu me jagatāmadhīśaḥ || 27 ||

oṃ namo bhagavate sadāśivāya

sakala-tattvātmakāya

sarva-mantra-svarūpāya

sarva-yantrādhiṣṭhitāya

sarva-tantra-svarūpāya

sarva-tattva-vidūrāya

brahma-rudrāvatāriṇe-nīlakaṇṭhāya

pārvatī-manoharapriyāya

soma-sūryāgni-locanāya

bhasmoddhūlita-vigrahāya

mahāmaṇi-mukuṭa-dhāraṇāya

māṇikya-bhūṣaṇāya

sṛṣṭisthiti-pralayakāla-raudrāvatārāya

dakṣādhvara-dhvaṃsakāya

mahākāla-bhedanāya

mūladhāraika-nilayāya

tatvātītāya

gaṅgādharāya

sarva-devādi-devāya

ṣaḍāśrayāya

vedānta-sārāya

trivarga-sādhanāya

anantakoṭi-brahmāṇḍa-nāyakāya

ananta-vāsuki-takṣaka-karkoṭaka-śaṅkha-kulika-padma-mahāpadmeti-aṣṭa-mahā-nāga-kulabhūṣaṇāya

praṇavasvarūpāya

cidākāśāya

ākāśa-dik-svarūpāya

graha-nakṣatra-māline

sakalāya

kalaṅka-rahitāya

sakala-lokaika-kartre

sakala-lokaika-bhartre

sakala-lokaika-saṃhartre

sakala-lokaika-gurave

sakala-lokaika-sākṣiṇe

sakala-nigamaguhyāya

sakala-vedānta-pāragāya

sakala-lokaika-varapradāya

sakala-lokaika-śaṅkarāya

sakala-duritārti-bhañjanāya

sakala-jagadabhayaṅkarāya

śaśāṅka-śekharāya

śāśvata-nijāvāsāya

nirākārāya

nirābhāsāya

nirāmayāya

nirmalāya

nirlobhāya

nirmadāya

niścintāya

nirahaṅkārāya

niraṅkuśāya

niṣkalaṅkāya

nirguṇāya

niṣkāmāya

nirūpaplavāya

niravadhyāya

nirantarāya

nirupadravāya

niravadyāya

nirantarāya

niṣkāraṇāya

nirātaṅkāya

niṣprapañcāya

nissaṅgāya

nirdvandvāya

nirādhārāya

nīrāgāya

niśkrodhāya

nirlobhāya

niṣpāpāya

nirvikalpāya

nirbhedāya

niṣkriyāya

nistulāya

niśśaṃśayāya

nirañjanāya

nirupama-vibhavāya

nitya-śuddha-buddha-mukta-paripūrṇa-saccidānandādvayāya

parama-śānta-svarūpāya

parama-śānta-prakāśāya

tejorūpāya

tejomayāya

tejo'dhipataye

jaya jaya rudra mahārudra

mahā-raudra

bhadrāvatāra

mahā-bhairava

kāla-bhairava

kalpānta-bhairava

kapāla-mālādhara

khaṭvāṅga-carma-khaḍga-dhara

pāśāṅkuśa-ḍamarūśūla-cāpa-bāṇa-gadā-śakti-bhindi-

pāla-tomara-musala-bhuśuṇḍī-mudgara-pāśa-parigha-śataghnī-cakrādyāyudha-bhīṣaṇākāra

sahasra-mukha

daṃṣṭrākarāla-vadana

vikaṭāṭṭahāsa

visphātita-brahmāṇḍa-maṇḍala-nāgendrakuṇḍala

nāgendrahāra

nāgendravalaya

nāgendracarmadhara

nāgendraniketana

mṛtyuñjaya

tryambaka

tripurāntaka

viśvarūpa

virūpākṣa

viśveśvara

vṛṣabhavāhana

viṣavibhūṣaṇa

viśvatomukha

sarvatomukha

māṃ rakṣa rakṣa

jvala jvala

prajvala prajvala

mahāmṛtyubhayaṃ śamaya śamaya

apamṛtyubhayaṃ nāśaya nāśaya

rogabhayaṃ utsādaya utsādaya

viṣasarpabhayaṃ śamaya śamaya

corān māraya māraya

mama śatrūn uccāṭaya uccāṭaya

triśūlena vidāraya vidāraya

kuṭhāreṇa bhindhi bhindhi

khaḍgena chinddi chinddi

khaṭvāṅgena vipodhaya vipodhaya

mama pāpaṃ śodhaya śodhaya

musalena niṣpeṣaya niṣpeṣaya

bāṇaiḥ santāḍaya santāḍaya

yakṣa rakṣāṃsi bhīṣaya bhīṣaya

aśeṣa bhūtān vidrāvaya vidrāvaya

kūṣmāṇḍa-bhūta-betāla-mārīgaṇa-brahmarākṣasa-gaṇān santrāsaya santrāsaya

mama abhayaṃ kuru kuru

naraka-mahābhayān māṃ uddhara uddhara

vitrastaṃ māṃ āśvāsaya āśvāsaya

amṛta-kaṭākṣa-vīkṣaṇena māṃ ālokaya ālokaya

sañjīvaya sañjīvaya

kṣuttṛṣṇārtaṃ māṃ āpyāyaya āpyāyaya

duḥkhāturaṃ māṃ ānandaya ānandaya

śivakavacena māṃ ācchādaya ācchādaya

hara hara

hara hara

mṛtyuñjaya

tryambaka

sadāśiva

paramaśiva

namaste namaste namaste namaḥ ||

pūrvavat - hṛdayādi nyāsaḥ |

pañcapūjā ||

bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digvimokaḥ ||

phalaśrutiḥ

ṛṣabha uvāca |

ityetatkavacaṃ śaivaṃ varadaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā |

sarva-bādhā-praśamanaṃ rahasyaṃ sarvadehinām || 1 ||

yaḥ sadā dhārayenmartyaḥ śaivaṃ kavacamuttamam |

na tasya jāyate kvāpi bhayaṃ śambhoranugrahāt || 2 ||

kṣīṇāyu-rmṛtyumāpanno mahārogahato'pi vā |

sadyaḥ sukhamavāpnoti dīrghamāyuśca vindati || 3 ||

sarvadāridryaśamanaṃ saumāṅgalya-vivardhanam |

yo dhatte kavacaṃ śaivaṃ sa devairapi pūjyate || 4 ||

mahāpātaka-saṅghātairmucyate copapātakaiḥ |

dehānte śivamāpnoti śiva-varmānubhāvataḥ || 5 ||

tvamapi śraddhayā vatsa śaivaṃ kavacamuttamam |

dhārayasva mayā dattaṃ sadyaḥ śreyo hyavāpsyasi || 6 ||

sūta uvāca |

ityuktvā ṛṣabho yogī tasmai pārthiva-sūnave |

dadau śaṅkhaṃ mahārāvaṃ khaḍgaṃ cāriniṣūdanam || 7 ||

punaśca bhasma sammantrya tadaṅgaṃ sarvato'spṛśat |

gajānāṃ ṣaṭsahasrasya dviguṇaṃ ca balaṃ dadau || 8 ||

bhasmaprabhāvātsamprāpya balaiśvaryadhṛtismṛtiḥ |

sa rājaputraḥ śuśubhe śaradarka iva śriyā || 9 ||

tamāha prāñjaliṃ bhūyaḥ sa yogī rājanandanam |

eṣa khaḍgo mayā dattastapomantrānubhāvataḥ || 10 ||

śitadhāramimaṃ khaḍgaṃ yasmai darśayasi sphuṭam |

sa sadyo mriyate śatruḥ sākṣānmṛtyurapi svayam || 11 ||

asya śaṅkhasya nihrādaṃ ye śṛṇvanti tavāhitāḥ |

te mūrchitāḥ patiṣyanti nyastaśastrā vicetanāḥ || 12 ||

khaḍgaśaṅkhāvimau divyau parasainyavināśinau |

ātmasainyasvapakṣāṇāṃ śauryatejovivardhanau || 13 ||

etayośca prabhāvena śaivena kavacena ca |

dviṣaṭsahasranāgānāṃ balena mahatāpi ca || 14 ||

bhasmadhāraṇasāmarthyācchatrusainyaṃ vijeṣyasi |

prāpya siṃhāsanaṃ paitryaṃ goptāsi pṛthivīmimām || 15 ||

iti bhadrāyuṣaṃ samyaganuśāsya samātṛkam |

tābhyāṃ sampūjitaḥ so'tha yogī svairagatiryayau || 16 ||

iti śrīskāndamahāpurāṇe brahmottarakhaṇḍe śivakavaca prabhāva varṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ sampūrṇaḥ ||