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Siva Kavacham
Siva Kavacham
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Devotional text
||īiśavakavacam|| ||īiśavakavacam|| ||īiśavakavacam|| aīiśavakavacaomahāma ṛṣabhayogīraṛiṣaḥ| anuupchaḥ|īsāsadāiśavodevatā| oṃbījam| namaḥśiḥ| iśavāyeitakīlakam| mamasāsadāiśavaīthajapeivinayogaḥ| karaāsaḥ oṃsadāiśavāyaaṃguāāṃnamaḥ| naṃgaṃgādharāyatajanīāṃnamaḥ| maṃmṛuyāyamamāāṃnamaḥ| iśaṃśūlapāṇayeanāimakāāṃnamaḥ| vāṃipanākapāṇayekinikāāṃnamaḥ| yaṃumāpatayekaratalakarapṛāāṃnamaḥ| dayāidaaṃgaāsaḥ oṃsadāiśavāyadayāyanamaḥ| naṃgaṃgādharāyiśaraseāhā| maṃmṛuyāyiśakhāyaivaṣaṭ| iśaṃśūlapāṇayekavacāyam| vāṃipanākapāṇayeneyāyavauṣaṭ| yaṃumāpatayeaāyaphaṭ| bhūbhuvauvaroimitidabaḥ|| ānam vadaṃṃinayanaṃkālakaṭhamiraṃdamam| sahakaramauṃvaeśauṃumāpitam|| ākaṇalasaradaḍayumaḥ pālārālisatabhadhṛtipuḥ| paāraṃpirapaṭhanvaramarājaṃ āyansadāpaśupitaṃśaraṇaṃjethāḥ|| ataḥparaṃsavapurāṇaguṃ inaḥśeṣapāpaughaharaṃpivam| ||īiśavakavacam|| jayadaṃsavaivapamocanaṃ vaāimaśaivamkavacaṃihatāyate|| papūjā laṃpṛithaānegaṃsamapayāima| haṃākāśānepuaiḥpūjayāima| yaṃvāānedhūpamāāpayāima| raṃaānedīpaṃdaśayāima| vaṃamṛtāneamṛtaṃmahānaiveṃinavedayāima| saṃsavānesavapacārapūjāṃsamapayāima|| maḥ ṛṣabhauvāca— namaṛmahādevaṃivaāipanamīram| vaeiśavamayaṃvamasavaraākaraṃnṛṇām||1|| śucaudeśesamāsīnoyathāvaitāsanaḥ| ijateiyoijataāṇiyeivamayam||2|| uḍarīkārasiivaṃ tejasāānabho'vakāśam| atīiyaṃsūmanamāṃ āyetparānamayaṃmaheśam||3|| ānāvadhūtāikhalakamaba- iraṃicadānainamacetāḥ| ṣaḍaraāsasamāihatāā śaivenakuyāvacenaraām||4|| māṃpātudevo'ikhaladevatāā saṃsārakūpepitataṃgabhīre| taāmidaṃparamamūlaṃ dhunotumesavamaghaṃidam||5|| savamāṃratuivamūita- itamayānaghanidāā| aṇoraṇīyānuśirekaḥ saīraḥpātubhayādaśeṣāt||6|| yobhūpeṇibabhitaivaṃ ||īiśavakavacam|| pāyābhūmeigairaśo'mūitaḥ| yo'pāṃpeṇanṛṇāṃkaroita saṃjīvanaṃso'vatumāṃjaleḥ||7|| kaāvasānebhuvanāinadaā savāiṇayonṛitabhūiralīlaḥ| sakālao'vatumāṃdavāe- vāāidabhīterikhalātāpāt||8|| dīivaunakāvabhāso ivaāvarābhīitakuṭhārapāiṇaḥ| catumukhauṣineḥ āāṃitoratumāmajam||9|| kuṭhārakheṭāśaśūlaḍhaā- kapālapāśāguṇādhānaḥ| catumukhonīlaicineḥ pāyādaghoroidiśadiṇaām||10|| kueśaiṭakāvabhāso vedāmālāvaradābhayāḥ| tuvaubhāvaḥ sao'idhajāto'vatumāṃtīām||11|| varāmālābhayaṭahaḥ sarojikasamānavaṇaḥ| ilocanaācatumukhomāṃ pāyādīāṃidiśavāmadevaḥ||12|| vedābhayeāśaṭapāśa- kapālaḍhaāraśūlapāiṇaḥ| isatauitaḥpamukho'vatāāṃ īśānaūparamakāśaḥ||13|| mūdhānamaāmacamauila- bhālaṃmamāādathabhālaneḥ| neemamāāganehārī nāsāṃsadāratuivanāthaḥ||14|| pāyāutīmeuitagītakīitaḥ ||īiśavakavacam|| kapolamaātataṃkapālī| vaṃsadāratupavao ijaāṃsadāratuvedijaḥ||15|| kaṭhaṃigarīśo'vatunīlakaṭhaḥ pāiṇayaṃpātuipanākapāiṇaḥ| domūlamaāmadhamabā- vaḥlaṃdamakhāko'āt||16|| mamodaraṃpātuigarīdhaā maṃmamāādanākārī| heratātomamapātunāibhaṃ pāyāiṭaṃdhūjaiṭarīrome||17|| ūyaṃpātukuberimao jānuyaṃmejagadīro'āt| jaāyugaṃpuvaketuraāt pādaumamāāuravapādaḥ||18|| maheraḥpātuidanāidayāme māṃmayāme'vatuvāmadevaḥ| ilocanaḥpātutṛtīyayāme vṛṣajaḥpātuidanāyāme||20|| pāyāiśādauśiśaśekharomāṃ gaādharoratumāṃinaśīthe| gaurīpitaḥpātuinaśāvasāne mṛuyoratusavakālam||21|| aḥitaṃratuśaṃkaromāṃ āṇuḥsadāpātubihaḥitaṃmām| tadarepātupitaḥpaśūnāṃ sadāiśavoratumāṃsamaāt||22|| itamaādbhuvanaikanāthaḥ pāyājaṃmathāidhanāthaḥ| vedāveo'vatumāṃinaṣaṇaṃ māmayaḥpātuiśavaḥśayānam||23|| māgaṣumāṃratunīlakaṭhaḥ ||īiśavakavacam|| śailāidagaṣupurayāiraḥ| arayavāsāidamahāvāse pāyāṛgaādhaudāraśiḥ||24|| kaākālopaṭukopa- uṭāhāsoilatāḍakośaḥ| ghorāirasenāṇavainavāra- mahābhayātuvīrabhaḥ||25|| pamātarathāvaithanī- sahalaāyutakoiṭabhīṣaṇam| aauihaṇīnāṃśatamātatāiyanāṃ ichaāṛḍoghoraṭhāradhārayā||26|| inahaudaūlayānalāicar- liśūlaṃipurāka| śālisaṃhavṛkāidihaṃān saṃāsayaīśadhanuḥipanākaḥ||27|| ḥḥśakunagaitadaumana- ibhasanaḥsahayaśāṃisa| uātatāpivaṣabhīitamasahāita ādhanāśayatumejagatāmadhīśaḥ||28|| oṃnamobhagavatesadāiśavāya sakalataākāya savamapāya savayaāidhitāya savatapāya savataivarāya āvatāiraṇe nīlakaṭhāya pāvatīmanohariyāya somasūyāilocanāya bhaoūilativahāya mahāmiṇamukuṭadhāraṇāya māiṇabhūṣaṇāya ||īiśavakavacam|| sṛiiitalayakāla- rauāvatārāya daāraṃsakāya mahākālabhedanāya mūladhāraikinalayāya taātītāya gaṃgādharāya savadevāidadevāya ṣaḍāyāya vedāsārāya ivagasādhanāya anakoiṭaāḍanāyakāya anavāsuikataka- kakaṭakaśakuilaka- pamahāpaeita- amahānāgakulabhūṣaṇāya ṇavapāya icadākāśāya ākāśidakpāya hanamāilane sakalāya kalarihatāya sakalalokaikaka sakalalokaikabha sakalalokaikasaṃha sakalalokaikagurave sakalalokaikasāiṇe sakalinagamaguāya sakalavedāpāragāya sakalalokaikavaradāya sakalalokaikaśaṃkarāya sakalairatāitabhanāya sakalajagadabhayaṃkarāya śaśāśekharāya śātinajāvāsāya inarākārāya ||īiśavakavacam|| inarābhāsāya inarāmayāya inamalāya inamadāya iniāya inarahaṃkārāya inaraṃkuśāya inalaāya inaguṇāya inaāmāya inapavāya inapavāya inaravaāya inararāya inaāraṇāya inarātaṃkāya inapaāya inaāya inaāya inarādhārāya nīrāgāya inaodhāya inalapāya inaāpāya inabhayāya inivakaāya inabhadāya iniyāya inaulāya inaḥsaṃśayāya inaraṃjanāya inapamivabhavāya inaśubumupirapūṇa- sidānaāyāya paramaśāpāya paramaśākāśāya ||īiśavakavacam|| tejopāya tejomayāya tejo'idhapataye jayajaya mahā mahārau bhaāvatāra mahābhairava kālabhairava kaābhairava kapālamālādhara khaācamakhadharapāśāśa- ḍamaśūlacāpabāṇagadāśiibhaṃidapāla- tomaramusalamurapāśapiragha- bhuśuḍīśataīcaāāyudhabhīṣaṇākāra- sahamukhadaṃākarālavadana ivakaṭāhāsivaāirataāḍamaḍala nāgekuḍala nāgehāra nāgevalaya nāgecamadhara nāgeinaketana mṛuya ka ipurāka ivapa ivapā ivaera vṛṣabhavāhana ivaṣivabhūṣaṇa ivatomukha savatomukha māṃrara lala ||īiśavakavacam|| lala mahāmṛubhayaṃśamayaśamaya apamṛubhayaṃnāśayanāśaya rogabhayaṃuādayoādaya ivaṣasapabhayaṃśamayaśamaya corānmārayamāraya mamaśaūnuāṭayoāṭaya iśūlenivadārayivadāraya kuṭhāreṇibhiibhi khaenichiichi khaāenivapodhayivapodhaya musaleninaeṣayinaeṣaya bāṇaiḥsaṃtāḍayasaṃtāḍaya yaraāṃisabhīṣayabhīṣaya aśeṣabhūtānivaāvayivaāvaya kūāḍabhūtavetālamārīgaṇa- rāsagaṇānsaṃāsayasaṃāsaya mamaabhayaṃkuku mamapāpaṃśodhayaśodhaya ivaṃmāṃāāsayaāāsaya narakamahābhayānmāṃuraura amṛtakaṭāvīṇenamāṃ- ālokayaālokayasaṃjīvayasaṃjīvaya uṛātamāṃāāyayaāāyaya ḥkhāturaṃmāṃānayaānaya iśavakavacenamāṃāādayaāādaya haraharamṛuṃjayakasadāiśavaparamiśavanamaenamaenamaḥ|| pūvavat- dayāidaāsaḥ|papūjā|| bhūbhuvauvaroimitidivamokaḥ|| phalauitaḥ ṛṣabhauvāca— ietaramaṃśaivaṃkavacaṃātaṃmayā| savabādhāśamanaṃrahaṃsavadeihanām||1|| yaḥsadādhārayeḥśaivaṃkavacamumam| ||īiśavakavacam|| natajāyatekāipabhayaṃśaoranuhāt||2|| īṇāyuḥāmṛuvāmahārogahato'ipavā| saḥsukhamavāoitadīghamāyuivaita||3|| savadāirayaśamanaṃsaumāivavadhanam| yodhaekavacaṃśaivaṃsadevairipapūte||4|| mahāpātakasaātaimutecopapātakaiḥ| dehāemuimāoitiśavavamānubhāvataḥ||5|| mipayāvaśaivaṃkavacamumam| dhārayamayādaṃsaḥeyovāisa||6|| īsūtauvāca— iuāṛṣabhoyogītaaipāithavasūnave| dadauśaṃmahārāvaṃkhaṃcaairinaṣūdanam||7|| punabhasaṃmaṃtadaṃpirato'ṛśat| gajānāṃṣahaiguṇabalaṃdadau||8|| bhabhāvātsaābalaiyadhṛitaṛitaḥ| sarājapuḥśuśubheśaradakaiviyā||9|| tamāhaāilaṃbhūyaḥsayogīnṛpananam| eṣakhaomayādapomaānubhāvataḥ||10|| iśatadhārimamaṃkhaṃyaaidaśayaseuṭam| sasaoiyateśauḥsāāṛuripayam||11|| aśainaādaṃyevitavāihatāḥ| temūitāḥpitaiśaāivacetanāḥ||12|| khaśaāivamauidaauparasaiivanāśakau| āsaipaāṇāṃśauyatejoivavadhanau||13|| etayobhāvenaśaivenakavacenaca| iṣahanāgānāṃbalenamahatāipaca||14|| bhadhāraṇasāmaāusaiṃivajese| āisaṃhāsanaṃipaṃgoā'isapṛithavīimamām||15|| iitabhaāyuṣaṃsaganuśāsamātṛkam| tāāṃsaūijataḥso'thayogīairagitayayau||16|| ||īiśavakavacam|| ||iitaīmahāpurāṇeorakhaḍeiśavakavacabhāvavaṇanaṃnāmaādaśo'āyaḥsaūṇaḥ
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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