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Siva Kavacham

Siva Kavacham

Text in Roman script

Devotional text

||īiśavakavacam||
||īiśavakavacam||
||īiśavakavacam||
aīiśavakavacaomahāma
ṛṣabhayogīraṛiṣaḥ|
anuupchaḥ|īsāsadāiśavodevatā|
oṃbījam|
namaḥśiḥ|
iśavāyeitakīlakam|
mamasāsadāiśavaīthajapeivinayogaḥ|
karaāsaḥ
oṃsadāiśavāyaaṃguāāṃnamaḥ|
naṃgaṃgādharāyatajanīāṃnamaḥ|
maṃmṛuyāyamamāāṃnamaḥ|
iśaṃśūlapāṇayeanāimakāāṃnamaḥ|
vāṃipanākapāṇayekinikāāṃnamaḥ|
yaṃumāpatayekaratalakarapṛāāṃnamaḥ|
dayāidaaṃgaāsaḥ
oṃsadāiśavāyadayāyanamaḥ|
naṃgaṃgādharāyiśaraseāhā|
maṃmṛuyāyiśakhāyaivaṣaṭ|
iśaṃśūlapāṇayekavacāyam|
vāṃipanākapāṇayeneyāyavauṣaṭ|
yaṃumāpatayeaāyaphaṭ|
bhūbhuvauvaroimitidabaḥ||
ānam
vadaṃṃinayanaṃkālakaṭhamiraṃdamam|
sahakaramauṃvaeśauṃumāpitam||
ākaṇalasaradaḍayumaḥ
pālārālisatabhadhṛtipuḥ|
paāraṃpirapaṭhanvaramarājaṃ
āyansadāpaśupitaṃśaraṇaṃjethāḥ||
ataḥparaṃsavapurāṇaguṃ
inaḥśeṣapāpaughaharaṃpivam|
||īiśavakavacam||
jayadaṃsavaivapamocanaṃ
vaāimaśaivamkavacaṃihatāyate||
papūjā
laṃpṛithaānegaṃsamapayāima|
haṃākāśānepuaiḥpūjayāima|
yaṃvāānedhūpamāāpayāima|
raṃaānedīpaṃdaśayāima|
vaṃamṛtāneamṛtaṃmahānaiveṃinavedayāima|
saṃsavānesavapacārapūjāṃsamapayāima||
maḥ
ṛṣabhauvāca—
namaṛmahādevaṃivaāipanamīram|
vaeiśavamayaṃvamasavaraākaraṃnṛṇām||1||
śucaudeśesamāsīnoyathāvaitāsanaḥ|
ijateiyoijataāṇiyeivamayam||2||
uḍarīkārasiivaṃ
tejasāānabho'vakāśam|
atīiyaṃsūmanamāṃ
āyetparānamayaṃmaheśam||3||
ānāvadhūtāikhalakamaba-
iraṃicadānainamacetāḥ|
ṣaḍaraāsasamāihatāā
śaivenakuyāvacenaraām||4||
māṃpātudevo'ikhaladevatāā
saṃsārakūpepitataṃgabhīre|
taāmidaṃparamamūlaṃ
dhunotumesavamaghaṃidam||5||
savamāṃratuivamūita-
itamayānaghanidāā|
aṇoraṇīyānuśirekaḥ
saīraḥpātubhayādaśeṣāt||6||
yobhūpeṇibabhitaivaṃ
||īiśavakavacam||
pāyābhūmeigairaśo'mūitaḥ|
yo'pāṃpeṇanṛṇāṃkaroita
saṃjīvanaṃso'vatumāṃjaleḥ||7||
kaāvasānebhuvanāinadaā
savāiṇayonṛitabhūiralīlaḥ|
sakālao'vatumāṃdavāe-
vāāidabhīterikhalātāpāt||8||
dīivaunakāvabhāso
ivaāvarābhīitakuṭhārapāiṇaḥ|
catumukhauṣineḥ
āāṃitoratumāmajam||9||
kuṭhārakheṭāśaśūlaḍhaā-
kapālapāśāguṇādhānaḥ|
catumukhonīlaicineḥ
pāyādaghoroidiśadiṇaām||10||
kueśaiṭakāvabhāso
vedāmālāvaradābhayāḥ|
tuvaubhāvaḥ
sao'idhajāto'vatumāṃtīām||11||
varāmālābhayaṭahaḥ
sarojikasamānavaṇaḥ|
ilocanaācatumukhomāṃ
pāyādīāṃidiśavāmadevaḥ||12||
vedābhayeāśaṭapāśa-
kapālaḍhaāraśūlapāiṇaḥ|
isatauitaḥpamukho'vatāāṃ
īśānaūparamakāśaḥ||13||
mūdhānamaāmacamauila-
bhālaṃmamāādathabhālaneḥ|
neemamāāganehārī
nāsāṃsadāratuivanāthaḥ||14||
pāyāutīmeuitagītakīitaḥ
||īiśavakavacam||
kapolamaātataṃkapālī|
vaṃsadāratupavao
ijaāṃsadāratuvedijaḥ||15||
kaṭhaṃigarīśo'vatunīlakaṭhaḥ
pāiṇayaṃpātuipanākapāiṇaḥ|
domūlamaāmadhamabā-
vaḥlaṃdamakhāko'āt||16||
mamodaraṃpātuigarīdhaā
maṃmamāādanākārī|
heratātomamapātunāibhaṃ
pāyāiṭaṃdhūjaiṭarīrome||17||
ūyaṃpātukuberimao
jānuyaṃmejagadīro'āt|
jaāyugaṃpuvaketuraāt
pādaumamāāuravapādaḥ||18||
maheraḥpātuidanāidayāme
māṃmayāme'vatuvāmadevaḥ|
ilocanaḥpātutṛtīyayāme
vṛṣajaḥpātuidanāyāme||20||
pāyāiśādauśiśaśekharomāṃ
gaādharoratumāṃinaśīthe|
gaurīpitaḥpātuinaśāvasāne
mṛuyoratusavakālam||21||
aḥitaṃratuśaṃkaromāṃ
āṇuḥsadāpātubihaḥitaṃmām|
tadarepātupitaḥpaśūnāṃ
sadāiśavoratumāṃsamaāt||22||
itamaādbhuvanaikanāthaḥ
pāyājaṃmathāidhanāthaḥ|
vedāveo'vatumāṃinaṣaṇaṃ
māmayaḥpātuiśavaḥśayānam||23||
māgaṣumāṃratunīlakaṭhaḥ
||īiśavakavacam||
śailāidagaṣupurayāiraḥ|
arayavāsāidamahāvāse
pāyāṛgaādhaudāraśiḥ||24||
kaākālopaṭukopa-
uṭāhāsoilatāḍakośaḥ|
ghorāirasenāṇavainavāra-
mahābhayātuvīrabhaḥ||25||
pamātarathāvaithanī-
sahalaāyutakoiṭabhīṣaṇam|
aauihaṇīnāṃśatamātatāiyanāṃ
ichaāṛḍoghoraṭhāradhārayā||26||
inahaudaūlayānalāicar-
liśūlaṃipurāka|
śālisaṃhavṛkāidihaṃān
saṃāsayaīśadhanuḥipanākaḥ||27||
ḥḥśakunagaitadaumana-
ibhasanaḥsahayaśāṃisa|
uātatāpivaṣabhīitamasahāita
ādhanāśayatumejagatāmadhīśaḥ||28||
oṃnamobhagavatesadāiśavāya
sakalataākāya
savamapāya
savayaāidhitāya
savatapāya
savataivarāya
āvatāiraṇe
nīlakaṭhāya
pāvatīmanohariyāya
somasūyāilocanāya
bhaoūilativahāya
mahāmiṇamukuṭadhāraṇāya
māiṇabhūṣaṇāya
||īiśavakavacam||
sṛiiitalayakāla-
rauāvatārāya
daāraṃsakāya
mahākālabhedanāya
mūladhāraikinalayāya
taātītāya
gaṃgādharāya
savadevāidadevāya
ṣaḍāyāya
vedāsārāya
ivagasādhanāya
anakoiṭaāḍanāyakāya
anavāsuikataka-
kakaṭakaśakuilaka-
pamahāpaeita-
amahānāgakulabhūṣaṇāya
ṇavapāya
icadākāśāya
ākāśidakpāya
hanamāilane
sakalāya
kalarihatāya
sakalalokaikaka
sakalalokaikabha
sakalalokaikasaṃha
sakalalokaikagurave
sakalalokaikasāiṇe
sakalinagamaguāya
sakalavedāpāragāya
sakalalokaikavaradāya
sakalalokaikaśaṃkarāya
sakalairatāitabhanāya
sakalajagadabhayaṃkarāya
śaśāśekharāya
śātinajāvāsāya
inarākārāya
||īiśavakavacam||
inarābhāsāya
inarāmayāya
inamalāya
inamadāya
iniāya
inarahaṃkārāya
inaraṃkuśāya
inalaāya
inaguṇāya
inaāmāya
inapavāya
inapavāya
inaravaāya
inararāya
inaāraṇāya
inarātaṃkāya
inapaāya
inaāya
inaāya
inarādhārāya
nīrāgāya
inaodhāya
inalapāya
inaāpāya
inabhayāya
inivakaāya
inabhadāya
iniyāya
inaulāya
inaḥsaṃśayāya
inaraṃjanāya
inapamivabhavāya
inaśubumupirapūṇa-
sidānaāyāya
paramaśāpāya
paramaśākāśāya
||īiśavakavacam||
tejopāya
tejomayāya
tejo'idhapataye
jayajaya
mahā
mahārau
bhaāvatāra
mahābhairava
kālabhairava
kaābhairava
kapālamālādhara
khaācamakhadharapāśāśa-
ḍamaśūlacāpabāṇagadāśiibhaṃidapāla-
tomaramusalamurapāśapiragha-
bhuśuḍīśataīcaāāyudhabhīṣaṇākāra-
sahamukhadaṃākarālavadana
ivakaṭāhāsivaāirataāḍamaḍala
nāgekuḍala
nāgehāra
nāgevalaya
nāgecamadhara
nāgeinaketana
mṛuya
ka
ipurāka
ivapa
ivapā
ivaera
vṛṣabhavāhana
ivaṣivabhūṣaṇa
ivatomukha
savatomukha
māṃrara
lala
||īiśavakavacam||
lala
mahāmṛubhayaṃśamayaśamaya
apamṛubhayaṃnāśayanāśaya
rogabhayaṃuādayoādaya
ivaṣasapabhayaṃśamayaśamaya
corānmārayamāraya
mamaśaūnuāṭayoāṭaya
iśūlenivadārayivadāraya
kuṭhāreṇibhiibhi
khaenichiichi
khaāenivapodhayivapodhaya
musaleninaeṣayinaeṣaya
bāṇaiḥsaṃtāḍayasaṃtāḍaya
yaraāṃisabhīṣayabhīṣaya
aśeṣabhūtānivaāvayivaāvaya
kūāḍabhūtavetālamārīgaṇa-
rāsagaṇānsaṃāsayasaṃāsaya
mamaabhayaṃkuku
mamapāpaṃśodhayaśodhaya
ivaṃmāṃāāsayaāāsaya
narakamahābhayānmāṃuraura
amṛtakaṭāvīṇenamāṃ-
ālokayaālokayasaṃjīvayasaṃjīvaya
uṛātamāṃāāyayaāāyaya
ḥkhāturaṃmāṃānayaānaya
iśavakavacenamāṃāādayaāādaya
haraharamṛuṃjayakasadāiśavaparamiśavanamaenamaenamaḥ||
pūvavat- dayāidaāsaḥ|papūjā||
bhūbhuvauvaroimitidivamokaḥ||
phalauitaḥ
ṛṣabhauvāca—
ietaramaṃśaivaṃkavacaṃātaṃmayā|
savabādhāśamanaṃrahaṃsavadeihanām||1||
yaḥsadādhārayeḥśaivaṃkavacamumam|
||īiśavakavacam||
natajāyatekāipabhayaṃśaoranuhāt||2||
īṇāyuḥāmṛuvāmahārogahato'ipavā|
saḥsukhamavāoitadīghamāyuivaita||3||
savadāirayaśamanaṃsaumāivavadhanam|
yodhaekavacaṃśaivaṃsadevairipapūte||4||
mahāpātakasaātaimutecopapātakaiḥ|
dehāemuimāoitiśavavamānubhāvataḥ||5||
mipayāvaśaivaṃkavacamumam|
dhārayamayādaṃsaḥeyovāisa||6||
īsūtauvāca—
iuāṛṣabhoyogītaaipāithavasūnave|
dadauśaṃmahārāvaṃkhaṃcaairinaṣūdanam||7||
punabhasaṃmaṃtadaṃpirato'ṛśat|
gajānāṃṣahaiguṇabalaṃdadau||8||
bhabhāvātsaābalaiyadhṛitaṛitaḥ|
sarājapuḥśuśubheśaradakaiviyā||9||
tamāhaāilaṃbhūyaḥsayogīnṛpananam|
eṣakhaomayādapomaānubhāvataḥ||10||
iśatadhārimamaṃkhaṃyaaidaśayaseuṭam|
sasaoiyateśauḥsāāṛuripayam||11||
aśainaādaṃyevitavāihatāḥ|
temūitāḥpitaiśaāivacetanāḥ||12||
khaśaāivamauidaauparasaiivanāśakau|
āsaipaāṇāṃśauyatejoivavadhanau||13||
etayobhāvenaśaivenakavacenaca|
iṣahanāgānāṃbalenamahatāipaca||14||
bhadhāraṇasāmaāusaiṃivajese|
āisaṃhāsanaṃipaṃgoā'isapṛithavīimamām||15||
iitabhaāyuṣaṃsaganuśāsamātṛkam|
tāāṃsaūijataḥso'thayogīairagitayayau||16||
||īiśavakavacam||
||iitaīmahāpurāṇeorakhaḍeiśavakavacabhāvavaṇanaṃnāmaādaśo'āyaḥsaūṇaḥ

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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