śrībhairava uvāca – deveśi deharakṣārthaṃ kāraṇaṃ kathyatāṃ dhruvam । mriyante sādhakā yena vinā śmaśānabhūmiṣu ॥ raṇeṣu cātighoreṣu mahāvāyujaleṣu ca । śṛṅgimakaravajreṣu jvarādivyādhivahniṣu ॥ śrīdevyuvāca – kathayāmi śṛṇu prājña baṭostu kavacaṃ śubham । gopanīyaṃ prayatnena mātṛjāropamaṃ yathā ॥ tasya dhyānam tridhā proktaṃ sāttvikādiprabhedataḥ । sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ caiva tāmasaṃ deva tat śṛṇu ॥ dhyānam – vande bālaṃ sphaṭikasadṛśaṃ kuṇḍalodbhāsivaktraṃ divyākalpairnavamaṇimayaiḥ kiṅkiṇīnūpurādyaiḥ । dīptākāraṃ viśadavadanaṃ suprasannaṃ trinetraṃ hastābjābhyāṃ baṭukamaniśaṃ śūlakhaḍgaudadhānam ॥ 1 ॥ udyadbhāskarasannibhaṃ trinayanaṃ raktāṅgarāgasrajaṃ smerāsyaṃ varadaṃ kapālamabhayaṃ śūlaṃ dadhānaṃ karaiḥ । nīlagrīvamudārabhūṣaṇaśataṃ śītāṃśucūḍojjvalaṃ bandhūkāruṇavāsasaṃ bhayaharaṃ devaṃ sadā bhāvaye ॥ 2 ॥ dhyāyennīlādrikāntaṃ śaśiśakaladharaṃ muṇḍamālaṃ maheśaṃ digvastraṃ piṅgakeśaṃ ḍamarumatha sṛṇiṃ khaḍgaśūlābhayāni । nāgaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ kapālaṃ karasarasiruhairvibhrataṃ bhīmadaṃṣṭraṃ sarpākalpaṃ trinetraṃ maṇimayavilasatkiṅkiṇī nūpurāḍhyam ॥ 3 ॥ asya vaṭukabhairavakavacasya mahākāla ṛṣiranuṣṭupchandaḥ śrīvaṭukabhairavo devatā baṃ bījaṃ hrīṃ śaktirāpaduddhāraṇāyeti kīlakaṃ mama sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyarthe viniyogaḥ । kavacam – oṃ śiro me bhairavaḥ pātu lalāṭaṃ bhīṣaṇastathā । netre ca bhūtahananaḥ sārameyānugo bhruvau ॥ 1 bhūtanāthaśca me karṇau kapolau pretavāhanaḥ । nāsāpuṭau tathoṣṭhau ca bhasmāṅgaḥ sarvabhūṣaṇaḥ ॥ 2 bhīṣaṇāsyo mamāsyaṃ ca śaktihasto galaṃ mama । skandhau daityaripuḥ pātu bāhū atulavikramaḥ ॥ 3 pāṇī kapālī me pātu muṇḍamālādharo hṛdam । vakṣaḥsthalaṃ tathā śāntaḥ kāmacārī stanaṃ mama ॥ 4 udaraṃ ca sa me tuṣṭaḥ kṣetreśaḥ pārśvatastathā । kṣetrapālaḥ pṛṣṭhadeśaṃ kṣetrākhyo nābhitastathā ॥ 5 kaṭiṃ pāpaughanāśaśca baṭuko liṅgadeśakam । gudaṃ rakṣākaraḥ pātu ūrū rakṣākaraḥ sadā ॥ 6 jānū ca ghurghurārāvo jaṅghe rakṣatu raktapaḥ । gulphau ca pādukāsiddhaḥ pādapṛṣṭhaṃ sureśvaraḥ ॥ 7 āpādamastakaṃ caiva āpaduddhāraṇastathā । sahasrāre mahāpadme karpūradhavalo guruḥ ॥ 8 pātu māṃ vaṭuko devo bhairavaḥ sarvakarmasu । pūrva syāmasitāṅgo me diśi rakṣatu sarvadā ॥ 9 āgneyyāṃ ca ruruḥ pātu dakṣiṇe caṇḍabhairavaḥ । nairṛtyāṃ krodhanaḥ pātu māmunmattastu paścime ॥ 10 vāyavyāṃ me kapālī ca nityaṃ pāyāt sureśvaraḥ । bhīṣaṇo bhairavaḥ pātūttarasyāṃ diśi sarvadā ॥ 11 saṃhārabhairavaḥ pātu diśyaiśānyāṃ maheśvaraḥ । ūrdhve pātu vidhātā vai pātāle nandiko vibhuḥ ॥ 12 sadyojātastu māṃ pāyāt sarvato devasevitaḥ । vāmadevo'vatu prīto raṇe ghore tathāvatu ॥ 13 jale tatpuruṣaḥ pātu sthale pātu guruḥ sadā । ḍākinīputrakaḥ pātu dārāṃstu lākinīsutaḥ ॥ 14 pātu sākalako bhrātṝn śriyaṃ me satataṃ giraḥ । lākinīputrakaḥ pātu paśūnaśvānajāṃstathā ॥ 15 mahākālo'vatu cchatraṃ sainyaṃ vai kālabhairavaḥ । rājyaṃ rājyaśriyaṃ pāyāt bhairavo bhītihārakaḥ ॥ 16 rakṣāhīnantu yat sthānaṃ varjitaṃ kavacena ca । tat sarvaṃ rakṣa me deva tvaṃ yataḥ sarvarakṣakaḥ ॥ 17 etat kavacamīśāna tava snehāt prakāśitam । nākhyeyaṃ naralokeṣu sārabhūtaṃ ca suśriyam ॥ 18 yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ kavaceśaṃ sudurlabham । na deyaṃ paraśiṣyebhyaḥ kṛpaṇebhyaśca śaṅkara ॥ 19 yo dadāti niṣiddhebhyaḥ sa vai bhraṣṭo bhaveddhruvam । anena kavaceśena rakṣāṃ kṛtvā dvijottamaḥ ॥ 20 vicaran yatra kutrāpi vighnaughaiḥ prāpyate na saḥ । mantreṇa mriyate yogī kavacaṃ yanna rakṣitaḥ ॥ 21 tasmāt sarvaprayatnena durlabhaṃ pāpacetasām । bhūrje rambhātvace vāpi likhitvā vidhivat prabho ॥ 22 dhārayet pāṭhayedvāpi sampaṭhedvāpi nityaśaḥ । samprāpnoti prabhāvaṃ vai kavacasyāsya varṇitam ॥ 23 namo bhairavadevāya sārabhūtāya vai namaḥ । namastrailokyanāthāya nāthanāthāya vai namaḥ ॥ 24