Pancha Mukha Hanumath Kavacham
Pancha Mukha Hanumath Kavacham
Text in Roman script
Devotional text
paṃcamukhahanumakavaca
{|| paṃcamukhahanumakavaca ||}
īgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
oṃ ī pacavadanāyājaneyāya namaḥ | oṃ aya ī
pacamukhahanumamaya ā ṛiṣaḥ |
gāyaīchadaḥ | pacamukhivarā hanumādevatā | bījaṃ |
śataḥ | kīlakaṃ | ūṃ kavacaṃ | aāya pha |
iita idabadhaḥ | ī gaḍa uvāca |
atha yānaṃ |
vayāima ṛṇusavagasudira |
yakṛtaṃ devadevena yānaṃ hanumataḥ iya || 1||
pacavaṃ mahābhīmaṃ ipacanayanaiyuta |
bāhuibhadaśibhayutaṃ savakāmāthaisida || 2||
pūva tu vānaraṃ vaṃ koiṭasūyasamabha |
daākarālavadanaṃ bhṛkuṭīkuiṭaleṇa || 3||
ayaiva diṇaṃ vaṃ nārasahaṃ mahāuta |
ayutejovapuṣaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhayanāśana || 4||
pacamaṃ gāḍaṃ vaṃ vatuḍaṃ mahābala ||
savanāgaśamanaṃ ivaṣabhūtāidakṛtana || 5||
uraṃ saukaraṃ vaṃ kṛṇaṃ dītaṃ nabhopama |
pātālasahavetālavararogāidakṛtana || 6||
ūva hayānanaṃ ghoraṃ dānavātakaraṃ para |
yena vaeṇa ivae tārakāyaṃ mahāsura || 7||
jaghāna śaraṇaṃ tayāsavaśauharaṃ para |
yāvā pacamukhaṃ ṃ hanumataṃ dayāinidha || 8||
khagaṃ iśūlaṃ khavāgaṃ pāśamakuśapavata |
muṭa kaumodaka vṛṃ dhārayataṃ kamaḍalu || 9||
ibhidapālaṃ ānamuāṃ daśibhamuinapugava |
etāyāyudhajālāina dhārayataṃ bhajāyaha || 10||
etāsanopivaṭaṃ taṃ savabharaṇabhūiṣata |
idayamāyābaradharaṃ idayagadhānulepana || 11||
savacayamayaṃ devaṃ hanumivatomukha |
pacāyamayutamanekivicavaṇavaṃ
śaśākiśakharaṃ kiparājavayama |
pītābarāidamukuṭaipaśoibhatāgaṃ
ipagāmāminaśaṃ manasā marāima || 12||
makaṭeśaṃ mahosāhaṃ savaśauharaṃ para |
śau saṃhara māṃ ra īmanāpadamura || 13||
oṃ hiramakaṭa makaṭa maimadaṃ
pirilayita ilayita vāmatale |
yida nayita nayita śaukulaṃ
yida mucita mucita vāmalatā || 14||
oṃ hiramakaṭāya vāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pacavadanāya pūvakipamukhāya
sakalaśausaṃhārakāya vāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pacavadanāya diṇamukhāya karālavadanāya
narasahāya sakalabhūtamathanāya vāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pacavadanāya pacamamukhāya gaḍānanāya
sakalivaṣaharāya vāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pacavadanāyoramukhāyāidavarāhāya
sakalasapakarāya vāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate pacavadanāyovamukhāya hayaīvāya
sakalajanavaśakarāya vāhā |
oṃ aya ī pacamukhahanumamaya īrāmaca
ṛiṣaḥ | anuṭuchadaḥ | pacamukhavīrahanumā devatā |
hanumāinita bīja | vāyupu iita śataḥ | ajanīsuta iita kīlaka |
īrāmadūtahanumasādisayatha jape ivinayogaḥ |
iita ṛyāidakaṃ ivayase |
oṃ ajanīsutāya aguṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ mūtaye tajanīyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vāyupuāya mayamāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ anagabhaya anāimakāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ rāmadūtāya kinaṭhakāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ pacamukhahanumate karatalakarapṛṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
iita karayāsaḥ |
oṃ ajanīsutāya dayāya namaḥ |
oṃ mūtaye iśarase vāhā |
oṃ vāyupuāya iśakhāyai vaṣa |
oṃ anagabhaya kavacāya hu |
oṃ rāmadūtāya neyāya vauṣa |
oṃ pacamukhahanumate aāya pha |
pacamukhahanumate vāhā |
iita idabadhaḥ |
atha yāna |
vade vānaranārasahakhagarāoḍāvavaāivataṃ
idayālakaraṇaṃ ipacanayanaṃ dedīyamānaṃ cā |
hatājairisakheṭaputakasudhākubhākuśā halaṃ
khavāgaṃ phiṇabhūhaṃ daśabhujaṃ savairavīrāpaha |
atha maḥ |
oṃ īrāmadūtāyājaneyāya vāyupuāya mahābalaparāmāya
sītāduḥkhinavāraṇāya lakādahanakāraṇāya mahābalacaḍāya
phāgunasakhāya kolāhalasakalaāḍivavapāya
satasamuinalaghanāya ipagalanayanāyāimativamāya
sūyaibabaphalasevanāya duṭinavāraṇāya ṭinarālakṛtāya
sajīivanīsajīivatāgadalamaṇamahākipasaiyaāṇadāya
daśakaṭhivavaṃsanāya rāmeṭāya mahāphāgunasakhāya sītāsihata-
rāmavaradāya ṣayogāgamapacamukhavīrahanumamajape ivinayogaḥ |
oṃ hiramakaṭamakaṭāya baṃbaṃbaṃbaṃbaṃ vauṣa vāhā |
oṃ hiramakaṭamakaṭāya phaṃphaṃphaṃphaṃphaṃ pha vāhā |
oṃ hiramakaṭamakaṭāya khakhakhakhakha māraṇāya vāhā |
oṃ hiramakaṭamakaṭāya luṃluṃluṃluṃluṃ ākaṣatasakalasapakarāya vāhā |
oṃ hiramakaṭamakaṭāya dhaṃdhaṃdhaṃdhaṃdhaṃ śautabhanāya vāhā |
oṃ ṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃ kūmamūtaye pacamukhavīrahanumate
parayaparataocāṭanāya vāhā |
oṃ kaṃkhaṃgaṃghaṃṅaṃ caṃchaṃjaṃjhaṃñaṃ ṭaṃṭhaṃḍaṃḍhaṃṇaṃ
taṃthaṃdaṃdhaṃnaṃ paṃphaṃbaṃbhaṃmaṃ yaṃraṃlaṃvaṃ śaṃṣaṃsaṃhaṃ
ḻaṃṃ vāhā |
iita idabadhaḥ |
oṃ pūvakipamukhāya pacamukhahanumate ṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃ
sakalaśausaṃharaṇāya vāhā |
oṃ diṇamukhāya pacamukhahanumate karālavadanāya narasahāya
oṃ āṃ ūṃ ḥ sakalabhūtaetadamanāya vāhā |
oṃ pacamamukhāya gaḍānanāya pacamukhahanumate maṃmaṃmaṃmaṃmaṃ
sakalivaṣaharāya vāhā |
oṃ uramukhāyāidavarāhāya laṃlaṃlaṃlaṃlaṃ nṛsahāya nīlakaṭhamūtaye
pacamukhahanumate vāhā |
oṃ uvamukhāya hayaīvāya ṃṃṃṃṃ mūtaye
sakalayojaninavahakāya vāhā |
oṃ ajanīsutāya vāyupuāya mahābalāya sītāśokinavāraṇāya
īrāmacakṛpāpādukāya mahāvīyamathanāya āḍanāthāya
kāmadāya pacamukhavīrahanumate vāhā |
bhūtaetipaśācarāsaśāikanīḍāikayatiraha-
parayaparataocaṭanāya vāhā |
sakalayojaninavahakāya pacamukhavīrahanumate
īrāmacavarasādāya jaṃjaṃjaṃjaṃjaṃ vāhā |
idaṃ kavacaṃ piṭhavā tu mahākavacaṃ paṭhenaraḥ |
ekavāraṃ japetoṃ savaśauinavāraṇa || 15||
ivāraṃ tu paṭheinayaṃ pupauvadhana |
ivāraṃ ca paṭheinayaṃ savasapakaraṃ śubha || 16||
catuvaraṃ paṭheinayaṃ savaroginavāraṇa |
pacavāraṃ paṭheinayaṃ savalokavaśakara || 17||
ṣavāraṃ ca paṭheinayaṃ savadevavaśakara |
satavāraṃ paṭheinayaṃ savasaubhāyadāyaka || 18||
aṭavāraṃ paṭheinayimaṭakāmāthaisida |
navavāraṃ paṭheinayaṃ rājabhogamavānuyā || 19||
daśavāraṃ paṭheinayaṃ ailoyaānadaśana |
āvṛ paṭheinayaṃ savaisibhaveuva || 20||
inabalo rogayutaca mahāyāyāidapīiḍataḥ |
kavacamaraṇenaiva mahābalamavānuyā || 21||
|| iita īsudaśanasaṃihatāyāṃ īrāmacasītāotaṃ
īpacamukhahanumakavacaṃ sapūṇa ||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.