pārvatyuvāca ।
namaste'stu trayīnātha paramānandakāraka ।
kavacaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrteḥ kṛpayā vada me prabho ॥ 1 ॥
īśvara uvāca ।
vakṣye'haṃ devadeveśi dakṣiṇāmūrtiravyayam ।
kavacaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ vedāntajñānagocaram ॥ 2 ॥
aṇimādi mahāsiddhividhānacaturaṃ śubham ।
vedaśāstrapurāṇāni kavitā tarka eva ca ॥ 3 ॥
bahudhā devi jāyante kavacasya prabhāvataḥ ।
ṛṣirbrahmā samuddiṣṭaśchando'nuṣṭubudāhṛtam ॥ 4 ॥
devatā dakṣiṇāmūrtiḥ paramātmā sadāśivaḥ ।
bījaṃ vedādikaṃ caiva svāhā śaktirudāhṛtā ।
sarvajñatve'pi deveśi viniyogaṃ pracakṣate ॥ 5 ॥
dhyānam –
advandvanetramamalendukalāvataṃsaṃ
haṃsāvalambita samāna jaṭākalāpam ।
ānīlakaṇṭhamupakaṇṭhamunipravīrān
adhyāpayantamavalokaya lokanātham ॥
kavacam –
om । śiro me dakṣiṇāmūrtiravyāt phālaṃ maheśvaraḥ ।
dṛśau pātu mahādevaḥ śravaṇe candraśekharaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
kapolau pātu me rudro nāsāṃ pātu jagadguruḥ ।
mukhaṃ gaurīpatiḥ pātu rasanāṃ vedarūpadhṛt ॥ 2 ॥
daśanāṃ tripuradhvaṃsī coṣṭhaṃ pannagabhūṣaṇaḥ ।
adharaṃ pātu viśvātmā hanū pātu jaganmayaḥ ॥ 3 ॥
cubukaṃ devadevastu pātu kaṇṭhaṃ jaṭādharaḥ ।
skandhau me pātu śuddhātmā karau pātu yamāntakaḥ ॥ 4 ॥
kucāgraṃ karamadhyaṃ ca nakharān śaṅkaraḥ svayam ।
hṛnme paśupatiḥ pātu pārśve paramapūruṣaḥ ॥ 5 ॥
madhyamaṃ pātu śarvo me nābhiṃ nārāyaṇapriyaḥ ।
kaṭiṃ pātu jagadbhartā sakthinī kṣca mṛḍaḥ svayam ॥ 6 ॥
kṛttivāsāḥ svayaṃ guhyāmūrū pātu pinākadhṛt ।
jānunī tryambakaḥ pātu jaṅghe pātu sadāśivaḥ ॥ 7 ॥
smarāriḥ pātu me pādau pātu sarvāṅgamīśvaraḥ ।
itīdaṃ kavacaṃ devi paramānandadāyakam ॥ 8 ॥
jñānavāgarthadaṃ vīryamaṇimādivibhūtidam ।
āyurārogyamaiśvaryamapamṛtyubhayāpaham ॥ 9 ॥
prātaḥ kāle śucirbhūtvā trivāraṃ sarvadā japet ।
nityaṃ pūjāsamāyuktaḥ saṃvatsaramatandritaḥ ॥ 10 ॥
japet trisandhyaṃ yo vidvān vedaśāstrārthapāragaḥ ।
gadyapadyaistathā cāpi nāṭakāḥ svayameva hi ।
nirgacchanti mukhāmbhojātsatyametanna saṃśayaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
iti rudrayāmale śrī dakṣiṇāmūrti kavacam ॥