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aghorakavacamaghoramūrtikavacamkavacam
aghorakavacamaghoramūrtikavacamkavacam
oṃśrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ|
athaaghorakavacaṃlikhyatete|
śrīaghorabhairavāyanamaḥ|
bhairavīuvāca-
bhagavankaruṇāmbhodheodheśāstrāmbhonidhipāragapāraga|
purā'smākaṃ
ākaṃvarodattaḥtaṃdātuṃmekṣamomobhava||1||
bhairavauvāca-
satyaṃpurāvarodattovaraṃvarayapārvati
|
yatkiñcinmanasīṣṭaṃsyāttaddātuṃātuṃtekṣamo'smyahamham||2||
devīuvāca-
aghorasya
mahādevakavacaṃdevadurlabhambham|
śīghraṃmedayayābrūhiyadyahaṃhaṃpreyasīeyasītava||3||
bhairavauvāca-
aghorakavacaṃvakṣyemahāmantramayaṃmayaṃparam|
rahasyaṃparamaṃtattvaṃnacākhyeyaṃeyaṃdurātmanene||4||
asyaśrīaghorakavacasya
mahākālabhairavaṛṣiḥḥ
anuṣṭupupchandaḥśrīkālāgnirudrodevatā|
kṣmīṃbījaṃkṣmāṃāṃśaktiḥkṣmaḥkīlakaṃ
śrīaghoravidyāsiddhyarthaṃkavacapāṭheviniyogaḥyogaḥ||
athamantraḥ
aghorebhyo'tha
o'thaghorebhyo
oghoraghoratarebhyaḥ
ḥ|
sarvataḥtaḥsarvasarvebhyonamastebhyorudrūpebhyaḥ
ḥ||
oṃaghoromeśivaḥvaḥpātuśrīme'ghorolalāṭakam|
aghorakavacamaghoramūrtikavacamkavacam
hrīṃghorome'vatāṃnetreklīṃghorome'vatācchatī
tī||5||
sauḥtarebhyo'vatāṅgaḍaukṣīnāsāṃpātusarvataḥtaḥkṣaṃ|
mukhaṃpātumeśarvo'ghoraḥ'ghoraḥsarvo'vatāṅgalamlam||6||
ghoraśca
me'vatātskandhauhastaujvalannamo'vatumo'vatu|
jvalanaḥlanaḥpātumevakṣaḥkukṣiṃprajvalarudrakaḥkaḥ||7||
pārśvauprajvalarūpebhyonābhiṃ
ṃme'ghorarūpabhṛtpabhṛt|
śiśnaṃmeśūlapāṇiśca
guhyaṃrudraḥsadāvatu||8||
kaṭiṃṃme'mṛtamūrtiśca
meḍhre'vyānnīlakaṇṭhakaḥṭhakaḥ|
ūrūcandrajaṭaḥjaṭaḥpātupātumetripurāntakaḥkaḥ||6||
jaṅghetrilocanaḥlocanaḥpātugulphauyājñiyarūpavānpavān|
aghoro'ṅghrīīcamepātupādaume'ghorabhairavaḥ||10||
pādādimūrdhaparyantamaghorātmāśivo'vatuvo'vatu|
śirasaḥrasaḥpādaparyantaṃ
ṃpāyānme'ghorabhairavaḥ
e'ghorabhairavaḥ||11||
prabhātebhātebhairavaḥpātumadhyāheāhevaṭuko'vatu|
sandhyāyāṃāyāṃcamahākāloniśāyāṃśāyāṃkālabhairavaḥ||12||
arddharātresvayaṃyaṃghoroniśānte'mṛtarūpadhṛtpadhṛt|
pūrvemāṃpātuṛgvedovedoyajurvedastuudakṣiṇeṇe||13||
paścimemesāmavedo'vyāduttare'tharvavedakaḥvedakaḥ|
āgneyyāmagniravyānmāṃāṃnairṛtyāṃāṃnityacetanaḥcetanaḥ||14||
vāyavyāṃ
āṃraudrarūpo'vyādaiśānyāṃāṃkālaśāsanaḥ|
ūrdhvo'vyādūrdhvaretāścapātāleparameśvaraḥraḥ||15||
daśadikṣuusadāpāyāddevaḥevaḥkālāgnirudrakaḥkaḥ|
agnermāṃpātukālāgnirvāyormāṃvāyubhakṣakaḥkaḥ||16||
jalādaurvāmukhaḥmukhaḥpātupathi
māṃśaṅkaro'vaturo'vatu|
niṣaṇṇaṃṇaṃyogadhyeyo'vyādgacchantaṃvāyurūpabhṛtpabhṛt||17||
gṛheśarvaḥsadāpātubahiḥḥpāyādvṛṣadhvajaḥjaḥ|
sarvatrasarvadādāpātumāmaghoro'thaghorakaḥ||18||
raṇerājakuledurgedurbhikṣeśatrusaṃsadi|
aghorakavacamaghoramūrtikavacamkavacam
dyūteūtemārībhayerāṣṭrepralayelayevādinānākule||16||
aghorebhyo'tha
o'thaghorebhyo'vatānmāṃāṃghorabhairavaḥ|
ghoraghoratarebhyo
omāṃpāyānmanmathasaṅgarere||20||
sarvataḥtaḥsarvasarvebhyobhojanāvasare'vatu|
namasterudrūpebhyo'vatu
o'vatumāṃghorabhairavaḥ||21||
sarvatrasarvadākālaṃdākālaṃsarvāṅgaṃsarvabhītiṣuṣu|
haṃyaṃraṃlaṃvaṃśaṃṣaṃsaṃhaṃlaṃkṣaḥaghorakaḥ||22||
aghorāstrāyāyaphaṭpātuaghoromāṃsabhairavaḥ|
vismāritaṃtaṃcayatsthānaṃānaṃsthalaṃlaṃyannāmavarjitamtam||23||
tatsarvaṃmāmaghoro'vyānmāmathāghoraḥ
āmathāghoraḥsabhairavaḥ|
bhāryānputrānsuhṛdvargānkanyāṃāṃyadvastuumāmakam||24||
tatsarvaṃpātumenityaṃaghoromāthaghorakaḥ|
snāneānestavevejapepāṭhehome'vyātkṣaḥaghorakaḥ||25||
aghorebhyo'tha
o'thaghorebhyo
oghoraghoratarebhyaḥ
ḥ|
sarvataḥtaḥsarvasarvebhyonamastebhyorudrūpebhyaḥ
ḥ||26||
oṃśrīṃhrīṃklīṃsauḥkṣmaṃpātunityaṃmāṃśrīaghorakaḥ|
itīdaṃkavacaṃguhyaṃtriṣuṣulokeṣudurlabhambham||27||
mūlamantramayaṃmayaṃdivyaṃtrailokyesāramuttamammam|
adātavyamavācyaṃcakavacaṃguhyamīśvari||28||
apraṣṭavyamastotavyaṃdīkṣāhīnenāhīnenamantriṇāṇā|
adīkṣitāyatāyaśiṣyāyāyaputrāyāyaśarajanmane
ne||26||
nadātavyaṃ
ṃnaśrotavyamityājñāṃāṃmāmakāṃśa‍ṛṇuṛṇu|
paraṃśrīmahimānaṃmānaṃcaśa‍ṛṇuṛṇucāsyasuvarmaṇaḥṇaḥ||30||
adīkṣitotoyadāmantrīvidyāgṛdhnuḥuḥpaṭhedidam
dam|
sadīkṣitataiti
jñeyoeyomāntrikaḥkaḥsādhakottamaḥmaḥ||31||
yaḥpaṭhenmanasā
nasātasyarātraubrāhmemuhūrttakeke|
pūjākāleniśītheśīthecatasyahaste'ṣṭasiddhayaḥyaḥ||32||
aghorakavacamaghoramūrtikavacamkavacam
duḥsvapnebandhanenedhīrekāntāreāresāgarebhaye|
paṭhetkavacarājendraṃṃmantrīvidyānidhiṃpriyeye||33||
sarvaṃtatpraśamaṃśamaṃyāti
bhayaṃkavacapāṭhanāt|
rajaḥ-sattva-tamorūpamaghorakavacaṃpamaghorakavacaṃpaṭhet||34||
vāñchitaṃtaṃmanasāyadyattattatprāpnotisādhakaḥ|
kuṅkumenamenalikhitvācabhūrjatvaciravauśiveve||35||
kevalenasubhakṣyecadhārayenmūrdhnivābhuje|
yadyadiṣṭaṃbhavettattatsādhakoādhakolabhate'cirāt
rāt||36||
yadgṛheṛheaghorakavacaṃvartatetetasyamandirere|
vidyākīrtirdhanārogyalakṣmīvṛddhirnasaṃśayaḥ||37||
japeccāghoravidyāṃāṃyovinānenaivanānenaivavarmaṇāṇā|
tasyavidyājapaṃhīnaṃtasmāddharmaṃsadāpaṭhet||38||
aghoramantravidyāpijapanstotraṃtathāmanum|
sadyaḥsiddhiṃsamāyāti
aghorasya
prasādataḥsādataḥ||39||
iti
śrīdevadeveśiaghorakavacaṃsmaretret|
gopyaṃkavacarājendraṃṃgopanīyaṃsvayonivatvat||40||
||iti
śrīrudrayāmaleyāmaletantreviśvasāroddhāreāretantre'ghorasahasranāmākhye
kalpeaghorakavacaṃsamāptamm||

About this kavacham

Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.

How to chant

Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.

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