śiva kavacam

asya śrī śivakavaca stotramahāmantrasya
ṛṣabhayogīśvara ṛṣiḥ |
anuṣṭup chandaḥ |
śrīsāmbasadāśivo devatā |

oṁ bījam |
namaḥ śaktiḥ |
śivāyeti kīlakam |
mama sāmbasadāśivaprītyarthe japeviniyogaḥ |

(karanyāsaḥ )
oṁ sadāśivāya aṁguṣṭhābhyāṁ namaḥ |
naṁ gaṁgādharāya tarjanībhyāṁ namaḥ |
maṁ mṛtyuñjayāya madhyamābhyāṁ namaḥ |
śiṁ śūlapāṇaye anāmikābhyāṁ namaḥ |
vāṁ pinākapāṇaye kaniṣṭhikābhyāṁ namaḥ |
yaṁ umāpataye karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ namaḥ |

(hṛdayādi aṁganyāsaḥ )
oṁ sadāśivāya hṛdayāya namaḥ |
naṁ gaṁgādharāya śirasesvāhā |
maṁ mṛtyuñjayāya śikhāyaivaṣaṭ |
śiṁ śūlapāṇaye kavacāya huṁ |
vāṁ pinākapāṇaye netratrayāya vauṣaṭ |
yaṁ umāpataye astrāyaphaṭ |
bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbandhaḥ ||

(dhyānam )
vajradaṁśṭraṁ trinayanaṁ kālakaṇṭha mariṁdamam |
sahasrakaramatyugraṁ vande śaṁbhu mumāpatim ||

rudrākṣakaṅkaṇalasa tkaradaṇḍayugmaḥ
   pālāntarālasitabhasmadhṛtatripuṇḍraḥ |
pañcākṣaraṁ paripaṭhan varamantrarājaṁ
   dhyāyan sadā paśupatiṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajethāḥ ||

ataḥ paraṁ sarvapurāṇaguhyaṁ
   niḥśeṣapāpaughaharaṁ pavitram |
jayapradaṁ sarvavipatpramocanaṁ
   vakṣyāmi śaivam kavacaṁ hitāya te ||

(pañcapūjā )
laṁ pṛthivyātmane gandhaṁ samarpayāmi |
haṁ ākāśātmane puṣpaiḥ pūjayāmi |
yaṁ vāyvātmane dhūpamāghrāpayāmi |
raṁ agnyātmane dīpaṁdarśayāmi |
vaṁ amṛtātmane amṛtaṁ mahā naivedyam nivedayāmi |
saṁ sarvātmane sarvopacārapūjāṁ samarpayāmi ||

(mantraḥ )
ṛṣabha uvāca 
namaskṛtya mahādevaṁ viśva vyāpina mīśvaram |
vakṣye śivamayam varma sarva rakṣākaraṁ nṛṇām ||

śucau deśe samāsīno yathāvatkalpitāsanaḥ |
jitendriyo jitaprāṇaścintayecchivamavyayam ||

hṛtpuṇḍarīkāntarasaṁniviṣṭaṁ
   svatejasā vyāptanabho'vakāśam |
atīndriyaṁ sūkṣma manantamādyaṁ
   dhyāyt parānandamayaṁ maheśam ||

dhyānāvadhūtākhilakarmabandha-
   ściraṁ cidānanda nimagnacetāḥ |
ṣaḍakṣaranyāsa samāhitātmā
   śaivena kuryātkavacena rakṣām ||

māṁ pātu devo'khiladevatātmā
   saṁsārakūpe patitaṁ gabhīre |
tannāma divyaṁ paramantramūlaṁ
   dhunotu me sarvamaghaṁ hṛdistham ||

sarvatra māṁ rakṣatu viśvamūrti-
   rjyotirmayānandaghanaścidātmā |
aṇoraṇiyānuruśaktirekaḥ
   sa īśvaraḥ pātu bhayādaśeṣāt ||

yo bhūsvarūpeṇa bibharti viśvaṁ
   pāyātsa bhūmergiriśo'ṣtamūrtiḥ |
yo'pāṁ svarūpeṇa nṛṇāṁ karoti
   saṁjīvanaṁ so'vatu māṁ jalebhyaḥ ||

kalpāvasāne bhuvanāni dagdhvā
   sarvāṇi yo nṛtyati bhūrilīlaḥ |
sa kālarudro'vatu māṁ davāgneḥ
   vātyādibhīte rakhilācca tāpāt ||

pradīptavidyutkanakāvabhāso
   vidyāvarābhīti kuṭhārapāṇiḥ |
caturmukhastatpuruṣastrinetraḥ
   prācyāṁ sthito rakṣatu māmajasram ||

kuṭhārakheṭāṅkuśa śūlaḍhakkā-
   kapālapāśākṣa guṇāndadhānaḥ |
caturmukho nīlarucistrinetraḥ
   pāyādaghoro diśi dakṣiṇasyām ||

kundenduśaṅkha sphaṭikāvabhāso
   vedākṣamālā varadābhayāṅkaḥ |
tryakṣaścaturvaktra uruprabhāvaḥ
   sadyo'dhijāto'vatu māṁ pratīcyām ||

varākṣamālābhaya ṭaṅkahastaḥ
   saroja kiñjalka samānavarṇaḥ |
trilocanaścārucaturmukho māṁ
   pāyādudīcyāṁ diśi vāmadevaḥ ||

vedābhayeṣṭāṅkuśa ṭaṅkapāśa-
   kapālaḍhakkākṣaraśūlapāṇiḥ |
sitadyutiḥ pañcamukho'vatānmāṁ
   īśāna ūrdhvaṁ paramaprakāśaḥ ||

mūrdhānamavyā nmama candramauliḥ
   phālaṁ mamāvyādatha phālanetraḥ |
netre mamāvyā dbhaganetrahārī
   nāsāṁ sadā rakṣati viśvanāthaḥ ||

pāyāchrutī me śrutigītakīrtiḥ
   kapolamavyā tsatataṁ kapālī |
vaktraṁ sadā rakṣatu pañcavaktro
   jihvāṁ sadā rakṣatu vedajihvaḥ ||

kaṇṭhaṁ girīśo'vatu nīlakaṇṭhaḥ
   pāṇidvayaṁ pātu pinākapāṇiḥ |
dormūlamavyānmama dharmabāhuḥ
   vakṣaḥ sthalaṁ dakṣamakhāntako'vyāt ||

mamodaraṁ pātu girīndradhanvā
   madhyaṁ mamāvyā nmadanāntakārī |
herambatāto mama pātu nābhiṁ
   pāyātkaṭiṁ dhūrjaṭirīśvaro me ||

ūrudvayaṁ pātu kuberamitro
   jānudvayaṁ me jagadīśvaro'vyāt |
jaṅghāyugaṁ puṅgavaketuravyāt
   pādau mamāvyā tsuravandyapādaḥ ||

maheśvaraḥ pātu dinādiyāme
   māṁ madhyayāme'vatu vāmadevaḥ |
trilocanaḥ pātu tṛtīyayāme
   vṛṣadhvajaḥ pātu dināntyayāme ||

pāyānniśādau śaśiśekharo māṁ
   gaṅgādharo rakṣatu māṁ niśīthe |
gaurīpatiḥ pātu niśāvasāne
   mṛtyuṁjayo rakṣatu sarvakālam ||

antaḥsthitaṁ rakṣatu śaṁkaro māṁ
   sthāṇuḥ sadā pātu bahiḥsthitaṁ mām |
tadantare pātu patiḥ paśūnāṁ
   sadāśivo rakṣatu māṁ samantāt ||

tiṣṭhantamavyād bhuvanaikanāthaḥ
   pāyādvrajantaṁ pramathādhināthaḥ |
vedāntavedyo'vatu māṁ niṣaṇṇaṁ
   māmavyayḥ pātu śivaḥ śayānam ||

mārgeṣu māṁ rakṣatu nīlakaṇṭhaḥ
   śailādidurgeṣu puratrayāriḥ |
araṇyavāsādi mahāpravāse
   pāyānmṛgavyādha udāraśaktiḥ ||

kalpāntakālograpaṭuprakopa-
  sphuṭāṭṭahāsoccalitāṇḍakośaḥ |
ghorārisenārṇava durnivāra-
  mahābhayā drakṣatu vīrabhadraḥ ||

pattyaśvamātaṅgarathāvarūthinī-
   sahasralakṣāyuta koṭibhīṣaṇam |
akśauhiṇīnāṁ śatamātatāyināṁ
   chindyānmṛḍo ghorakuṭhāra dhārayā ||

nihantu dasyūnpralayānalārciḥ
   jvalattriśūlaṁ tripurāntakasya |
śārdūlasiṁharkṣavṛkādihiṁsrān
   saṁtrāsaya tvīśadhanuḥ pinākaḥ ||

duḥ svapna duḥ śakuna durgati daurmanasya-
   durbhikṣa durvyasana duḥ saha duryaśāṁsi |
utpātatāpaviṣabhītimasadgrahārtiṁ
   vyādhīṁśca nāśayatu me jagatāmadhīśaḥ ||

oṁ namo bhagavate sadāśivāya  sakalatatvātmakāya  sarvamantrasvarūpāya 
sarvayantrādhiṣṭhitāya  sarvatantrasvarūpāya  sarvatatvavidūrāya 
brahmarudrāvatāriṇe  nīlakaṇṭhāya  pārvatīmanoharapriyāya
somasūryāgnilocanāya bhasmoddūlita vigrahāya  mahāmaṇi mukuṭadhāraṇāya 
māṇikyabhūṣaṇāya  sṛśṭisthiti pralayakālaraudrāvatārāya 
dakṣādhvaradhvaṁsakāya  mahākāla bhedanāya  mūladhāraikanilayāya 
tatvātītāya  gaṁgādharāya  sarvadevādidevāya  ḍāśrayāya  vedāntasārāya
 trivargasādhanāya  anantakoṭi brahmāṇḍanāyakāya  ananta  vāsuki 
takṣaka  kārkoṭaka  śaṅkha kulika  padma  mahāpadmeti aṣṭamahānāga
kulabhūṣaṇāya  praṇavasvarūpāya  cidākāśāya  ākāśa  dik svarūpāya
 grahanakṣatramāline  sakalāya  kalaṅkarahitāya  sakalalokaikakartre
 sakalalokaikabhartre  sakalalokaikasaṁhartre  sakalalokaikagurave 
sakalalokaikasākṣiṇe sakalanigamaguhyāya sakala vedānta pāragāya 
sakalalokaikavarapradāya  sakalalokaikaśaṁkarāya
sakaladuritārtibhañjanāya  sakalajagadabhayaṁkarāya  śaśāṅkaśekharāya
 śāśvatanijāvāsāya  nirākārāya  nirābhāsāya  nirāmayāya  nirmalāya 
nirmadāya  niścintāya  nirahaṁkārāya  niraṁkuśāya  niṣkalaṅkāya
 nirguṇāya  niṣkāmāya  nirūpaplavāya  niravadyāya  nirantarāya 
niṣkāraṇāya  nirātaṁkāya niṣprapañcāya  nissaṅgāya  nirdvandvāya
 nirādhārāya  nīrāgāya  niṣkrodhāya  nirlopāya  niṣpāpāya 
nirbhayāya  nirvikalpāya  nirbhedāya  niṣkriyāya  nistulāya 
nissaṁśayāya  niraṁjanāya  nirupamavibhavāya 
nityaśuddabuddamuktaparipūrṇasaccidānandādvayāya  paramśānatasvarūpāya
 paramaśāntaprakāśāya  tejorūpāya  tejomayāya  tejo'dhipataye  jaya
jaya rudra mahārudra  mahāraudra  bhadrāvatāra  mahābhairava 
kālabhairava  kalpāntabhairava  kapālamālādhara  khaṭvāṅga 
carmakhaḍgadhara  pāśāṅkuśa ḍamaru triśūla cāpa bāṇa gadā śakti
bhiṇḍi vāla tomara musala bhuśuṇṭhi mudgara pāśa parighaśataghnī
cakrādyāyudhabhīṣaṇākāra  sahasramukha  daṁṣṭrākarālavadana 
vikaṭāṭṭahāsa visphāritabrahmāṇḍamaṇḍala  nāgendrakuṇḍala  nāgendrahāra 
nāgendravalaya  nāgendracarmadhara  nāgendraniketana  mṛtyuñjaya 
tryambaka  tripurāntaka  viśvarūpa  virūpākṣa  viśveśvara 
vṛṣabhavāhana  viṣabhūṣaṇa  viśvatomukha  sarvatomukha  māṁ
rakṣarakṣa  jvala jvala  prajvala prajvala  mahāmṛtyubhayaṁ 
śamaya śamaya apamṛtyubhayaṁ  nāśaya nāśaya  rogabhayaṁ
utsādayotsādaya  viṣasarpabhayaṁ śamaya śamaya  corān māraya māraya 
mama śatrūn uccāṭayoccāṭaya  triśūlene vidāraya vidāraya 
kuṭhārene bhindhi bhindhi  khaḍgena chinddi chinddi  khaṭvāṅgena
vipodhaya vipodhaya  mama pāpaṁ śodhaya śodhaya  musalena niṣpeṣaya
niṣpeṣaya  bāṇaiḥ saṁtāḍaya saṁtāḍaya  yakṣa rakṣāṁsi bhīṣaya
bhīṣaya  aśeṣa bhūtān vidrāvaya vidrāvaya 
kūṣmāṇḍabhūtavetālamārīgaṇabrahmarākṣasagaṇān saṁtrāsaya saṁtrāsaya
 mama abhayaṁ kuru kuru  narakbhayānmāṁ uddara uddara  vitrastaṁ māṁ
āśvāsaya āśvāsaya  amṛtakaṭākṣavīkṣaṇena māṁ ālokaya ālokaya 
saṁjīvaya saṁjīvaya  kṣuttṛṣṇārtaṁ māṁ āpyāyaya āpyāyaya  
duḥkhāturaṁ māṁ ānandaya ānandaya  śivakavacena māṁ ācchādaya
ācchādaya  hara hara  mṛtyuṁjaya  tryambaka  sadāśiva  paramaśiva
 namaste namaste namaḥ ||

        pūrvavat - hṛdayādi nyāsaḥ | pañcapūjā ||
        bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digvimokaḥ ||

(phala śrutiḥ )
ṛṣabha uvāca -
ityetatparamaṁ śaivaṁ kavacaṁ vyāhṛtaṁ mayā |
sarva bādhā praśamanaṁ rahasyaṁ sarva dehinām ||

yaḥ sadā dhārayenmartyaḥ śaivaṁ kavacamuttamam |
na tasya jāyate kvāpi bhayaṁ śaṁbhoranugrahāt ||

kṣīṇāyuḥ prāptamṛtyurvā mahārogahato'pi vā |
sadyaḥ sukhamavāpnoti dīrghamāyuśca vindati ||

sarvadāridrayaśamanaṁ saumāṅgalyavivardhanam |
yo dhatte kavacaṁ śaivaṁ sa devairapi pūjyate ||

mahāpātakasaṅghanātairmucyate copapātakaiḥ |
dehānte muktimāpnoti śivavarmānubhāvataḥ ||

tvamapi śraddayā vatsa śaivaṁ kavacamuttamam |
dhārayasva mayā dattaṁ sadyaḥ śreyo hyavāpsyasi ||

śrīsūta uvāca -
ityuktvā ṛṣabho yogī tasmai pārthiva sūnave |
dadau śaṅkhaṁ mahārāvaṁ khaḍgaṁ ca ariniṣūdanam ||

punaśca bhasma saṁmantrya tadaṅgaṁ parito'spṛśat |
gajānāṁ ṣaṭsahasrasya dviguṇasya balaṁ dadau ||

bhasmaprabhāvāt saṁprāptabalaiśvarya dhṛti smṛtiḥ |
sa rājaputraḥ śuśubhe śaradarka iva śriyā ||

tamāha prāñjaliṁ bhūyaḥ sa yogī nṛpanandanam |
eṣa khaḍgo mayā dattastapomantrānubhāvataḥ ||

śitadhāramimaṁ khaḍgaṁ yasmai darśayasi sphuṭam |
sa sadyo mriyate śatruḥ sākṣānmṛtyurapi svayam ||

asya śaṅkhasya nirhrādaṁ ye śṛṇvanti  tavāhitāḥ |
te mūrcchitāḥ patiṣyanti nyastaśastrā vicetanāḥ ||

khaḍgaśaṅkhāvimau divyau parasainyavināśakau |
ātmasainyasvapakṣāṇāṁ śauryatejovivardhanau ||

etayośca prabhāvena śaivena kavacena ca |
dviṣaṭsahasra nāgānāṁ balena mahatāpi ca ||

bhasmadhāraṇa sāmarthyācchatrusainyaṁ vijeṣyase |
prāpya siṁhāsanaṁ pitryaṁ goptāsi pṛthivīmimām ||

iti bhadrāyuṣaṁ samyaganuśāsya samātṛkam |
tābhyāṁ saṁpūjitaḥ so'tha yogī svairagatiryayau ||

(iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe brahmottarakhaṇḍe śivakavaca prabhāva 
varṇanaṁ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ saṁpūrṇaḥ || )