śrīdevyuvāca – devadeva mahābāho bhaktānāṃ sukhavardhana । kena siddhiṃ dadātyāśu kālī trailokyamohana ॥ 1 ॥ tanme vada dayā''dhāra sādhakābhīṣṭasiddhaye । kṛpāṃ kuru jagannātha vada vedavidāṃ vara ॥ 2 ॥ śrībhairava uvāca – gopanīyaṃ prayatnena tattvāt tattvaṃ parātparam । eṣa siddhikaraḥ samyak kimatho kathayāmyaham ॥ 3 ॥ mahākālamahaṃ vande sarvasiddhipradāyakam । devadānavagandharvakinnaraparisevitam ॥ 4 ॥ kavacaṃ tattvadevasya paṭhanād ghoradarśane । satyaṃ bhavati sānnidhyaṃ kavacastavanāntarāt ॥ 5 ॥ siddhiṃ dadāti sā tuṣṭā kṛtvā kavacamuttamam । sāmrājyatvaṃ priyaṃ datvā putravat paripālayet ॥ 6 ॥ kavacasya ṛṣirdevī kālikā dakṣiṇā tathā virāṭchandaḥ suvijñeyaṃ mahākālastu devatā । kālikā sādhane caiva viniyogaḥ prakīrttitaḥ ॥ 7 ॥ oṃ śmaśānastho mahārudro mahākālo digambaraḥ । kapālakartṛkā vāme śūlaṃ khaṭvāṅgaṃ dakṣiṇe ॥ 8 ॥ bhujaṅgabhūṣite devi bhasmāsthimaṇimaṇḍitaḥ । jvalatpāvakamadhyastho bhasmaśayyāvyavasthitaḥ ॥ 9 ॥ viparītaratāṃ tatra kālikāṃ hṛdayopari । peyaṃ khādyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ ca tau kṛtvā tu parasparam । evaṃ bhaktyā yajed devaṃ sarvasiddhiḥ prajāyate ॥ 10 ॥ praṇavaṃ pūrvamuccārya mahākālāya tatpadam । namaḥ pātu mahāmantraḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ ॥ 11 ॥ aṣṭakṣaro mahā mantraḥ sarvāśāparipūrakaḥ । sarvapāpakṣayaṃ yāti grahaṇe bhaktavatsale ॥ 12 ॥ kūrcadvandvaṃ mahākāla prasīdeti padadvayam । lajjāyugmaṃ vahnijāyā sa tu rājeśvaro mahān ॥ 13 ॥ mantragrahaṇamātreṇa bhaveta satyaṃ mahākaviḥ । gadyapadyamayī vāṇī gaṅgānirjharitā tathā ॥ 14 ॥ tasya nāma tu deveśi devā gāyanti bhāvukāḥ । śaktibījadvayaṃ datvā kūrcaṃ syāt tadanantaram ॥ 15 ॥ mahākālapadaṃ datvā māyābījayugaṃ tathā । kūrcamekaṃ samuddhṛtya mahāmantro daśākṣaraḥ ॥ 16 ॥ rājasthāne durgame ca pātu māṃ sarvato mudā । vedādibījamādāya bhagamān tadanantaram ॥ 17 ॥ mahākālāya samprocya kūrcaṃ datvā ca ṭhadvayam । hrīṅkārapūrvamuddhṛtya vedādistadanantaram ॥ 18 ॥ mahākālasyāntabhāge svāhāntamanumuttamam । dhanaṃ putraṃ sadā pātu bandhudārāniketanam ॥ 19 ॥ piṅgalākṣo mañjuyuddhe yuddhe nityaṃ jayapradaḥ । sambhāvyaḥ sarvaduṣṭaghnaḥ pātu svasthānavallabhaḥ ॥ 20 ॥ iti te kathitaṃ tubhyaṃ devānāmapi durlabham । anena paṭhanād devi vighnanāśo yathā bhavet ॥ 21 ॥ sampūjakaḥ śucisnātaḥ bhaktiyuktaḥ samāhitaḥ । sarvavyādhivinirmuktaḥ vairimadhye viśeṣataḥ ॥ 22 ॥ mahābhīmaḥ sadā pātu sarvasthāna vallabham । kālīpārśvasthito devaḥ sarvadā pātu me mukhe ॥ 23 ॥ phala śruti – paṭhanāt kālikādevī paṭhet kavacamuttamam । śruṇuyād vā prayatnena sadā''nandamayo bhavet ॥ 1 ॥ śraddhayā'śraddhayā vāpi paṭhanāt kavacasya yat । sarvasiddhimavāpnoti yadyanmanasi vartate ॥ 2 ॥ bilvamūle paṭhed yastu paṭhanād kavacasya yat । trisandhyaṃ paṭhanād devi bhavennityaṃ mahākaviḥ ॥ 3 ॥ kumārīṃ pūjayitvā tu yaḥ paṭhed bhāvatatparaḥ । na kiñcid durlabhaṃ tasya divi vā bhuvi modate ॥ 4 ॥ durbhikṣe rājapīḍāyāṃ grāme vā vairimadhyake । yatra yatra bhayaṃ prāptaḥ sarvatra prapaṭhennaraḥ ॥ 5 ॥ tatra tatrābhayaṃ tasya bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ । vāmapārśve samānīya śobhitāṃ varakāminīm ॥ 6 ॥ śraddhayā'śraddhayā vāpi paṭhanāt kavacasya tu । prayatnataḥ paṭhed yastu tasya siddhiḥ kare sthitā ॥ 7 ॥ idaṃ kavacamajñātvā kālaṃ yo bhajate naraḥ । naiva siddhirbhavet tasya vighnastasya pade pade । ādau varma paṭhitvā tu tasya siddhirbhaviṣyati ॥ 8 ॥ ॥ iti mahākālabhairavakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ॥