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 ॥