Devi Mahatmyam Devi Kavacham

nyāsaḥ – asya śrī caṇḍī kavacasya । brahmā ṛṣiḥ । anuṣṭup chandaḥ । cāmuṇḍā devatā । aṅganyāsokta mātaro bījam । navāvaraṇo mantraśaktiḥ । digbandha devatāḥ tatvam । śrī jagadambā prītyarthe saptaśatī pāṭhāṅgatvena jape viniyogaḥ ॥ oṃ namaścaṇḍikāyai mārkaṇḍeya uvāca – oṃ yadguhyaṃ paramaṃ loke sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇām । yanna kasyacidākhyātaṃ tanme brūhi pitāmaha ॥ 1 ॥ brahmovāca – asti guhyatamaṃ vipra sarvabhūtopakārakam । devyāstu kavacaṃ puṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmune ॥ 2 ॥ prathamaṃ śailaputrī ca dvitīyaṃ brahmacāriṇī । tṛtīyaṃ candraghaṇṭeti kūṣmāṇḍeti caturthakam ॥ 3 ॥ pañcamaṃ skandamāteti ṣaṣṭhaṃ kātyāyanīti ca । saptamaṃ kālarātrīti mahāgaurīti cāṣṭamam ॥ 4 ॥ navamaṃ siddhidātrī ca navadurgāḥ prakīrtitāḥ । uktānyetāni nāmāni brahmaṇaiva mahātmanā ॥ 5 ॥ agninā dahyamānastu śatrumadhye gato raṇe । viṣame durgame caiva bhayārtāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ ॥ 6 ॥ na teṣāṃ jāyate kiñcidaśubhaṃ raṇasaṅkaṭe । nāpadaṃ tasya paśyāmi śokaduḥkhabhayaṃ na hi ॥ 7 ॥ yaistu bhaktyā smṛtā nūnaṃ teṣāṃ vṛddhiḥ prajāyate । ye tvāṃ smaranti deveśi rakṣase tānnasaṃśayaḥ ॥ 8 ॥ pretasaṃsthā tu cāmuṇḍā vārāhī mahiṣāsanā । aindrī gajasamārūḍhā vaiṣṇavī garuḍāsanā ॥ 9 ॥ māheśvarī vṛṣārūḍhā kaumārī śikhivāhanā । lakṣmīḥ padmāsanā devī padmahastā haripriyā ॥ 10 ॥ śvetarūpadharā devī īśvarī vṛṣavāhanā । brāhmī haṃsasamārūḍhā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ॥ 11 ॥ ityetā mātaraḥ sarvāḥ sarvayogasamanvitāḥ । nānābharaṇāśobhāḍhyā nānāratnopaśobhitāḥ ॥ 12 ॥ dṛśyante rathamārūḍhā devyaḥ krodhasamākulāḥ । śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ śaktiṃ halaṃ ca musalāyudham ॥ 13 ॥ kheṭakaṃ tomaraṃ caiva paraśuṃ pāśameva ca । kuntāyudhaṃ triśūlaṃ ca śārṅgamāyudhamuttamam ॥ 14 ॥ daityānāṃ dehanāśāya bhaktānāmabhayāya ca । dhārayantyāyudhānītthaṃ devānāṃ ca hitāya vai ॥ 15 ॥ namaste'stu mahāraudre mahāghoraparākrame । mahābale mahotsāhe mahābhayavināśini ॥ 16 ॥ trāhi māṃ devi duṣprekṣye śatrūṇāṃ bhayavardhini । prācyāṃ rakṣatu māmaindrī āgneyyāmagnidevatā ॥ 17 ॥ dakṣiṇe'vatu vārāhī nairṛtyāṃ khaḍgadhāriṇī । pratīcyāṃ vāruṇī rakṣedvāyavyāṃ mṛgavāhinī ॥ 18 ॥ udīcyāṃ pātu kaumārī aiśānyāṃ śūladhāriṇī । ūrdhvaṃ brahmāṇī me rakṣedadhastādvaiṣṇavī tathā ॥ 19 ॥ evaṃ daśa diśo rakṣeccāmuṇḍā śavavāhanā । jayā me cāgrataḥ pātu vijayā pātu pṛṣṭhataḥ ॥ 20 ॥ ajitā vāmapārśve tu dakṣiṇe cāparājitā । śikhāmudyotinī rakṣedumā mūrdhni vyavasthitā ॥ 21 ॥ mālādharī lalāṭe ca bhruvau rakṣedyaśasvinī । trinetrā ca bhruvormadhye yamaghaṇṭā ca nāsike ॥ 22 ॥ śaṅkhinī cakṣuṣormadhye śrotrayordvāravāsinī । kapolau kālikā rakṣetkarṇamūle tu śāṅkarī ॥ 23 ॥ nāsikāyāṃ sugandhā ca uttaroṣṭhe ca carcikā । adhare cāmṛtakalā jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatī ॥ 24 ॥ dantān rakṣatu kaumārī kaṇṭhadeśe tu caṇḍikā । ghaṇṭikāṃ citraghaṇṭā ca mahāmāyā ca tāluke ॥ 25 ॥ kāmākṣī cibukaṃ rakṣedvācaṃ me sarvamaṅgalā । grīvāyāṃ bhadrakālī ca pṛṣṭhavaṃśe dhanurdharī ॥ 26 ॥ nīlagrīvā bahiḥ kaṇṭhe nalikāṃ nalakūbarī । skandhayoḥ khaḍginī rakṣedbāhū me vajradhāriṇī ॥ 27 ॥ hastayordaṇḍinī rakṣedambikā cāṅgulīṣu ca । nakhāñchūleśvarī rakṣetkukṣau rakṣetkuleśvarī ॥ 28 ॥ stanau rakṣenmahādevī manaḥśokavināśinī । hṛdaye lalitā devī udare śūladhāriṇī ॥ 29 ॥ nābhau ca kāminī rakṣedguhyaṃ guhyeśvarī tathā । pūtanā kāmikā meḍhraṃ gude mahiṣavāhinī ॥ 30 ॥ kaṭyāṃ bhagavatī rakṣejjānunī vindhyavāsinī । jaṅghe mahābalā rakṣetsarvakāmapradāyinī ॥ 31 ॥ gulphayornārasiṃhī ca pādapṛṣṭhe tu taijasī । pādāṅgulīṣu śrī rakṣetpādādhastalavāsinī ॥ 32 ॥ nakhān daṃṣṭrakarālī ca keśāṃścaivordhvakeśinī । romakūpeṣu kaumārī tvacaṃ vāgīśvarī tathā ॥ 33 ॥ raktamajjāvasāmāṃsānyasthimedāṃsi pārvatī । antrāṇi kālarātriśca pittaṃ ca mukuṭeśvarī ॥ 34 ॥ padmāvatī padmakośe kaphe cūḍāmaṇistathā । jvālāmukhī nakhajvālāmabhedyā sarvasandhiṣu ॥ 35 ॥ śukraṃ brahmāṇi! me rakṣecchāyāṃ chatreśvarī tathā । ahaṅkāraṃ mano buddhiṃ rakṣenme dharmadhāriṇī ॥ 36 ॥ prāṇāpānau tathā vyānamudānaṃ ca samānakam । vajrahastā ca me rakṣetprāṇaṃ kalyāṇaśobhanā ॥ 37 ॥ rase rūpe ca gandhe ca śabde sparśe ca yoginī । sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva rakṣennārāyaṇī sadā ॥ 38 ॥ āyū rakṣatu vārāhī dharmaṃ rakṣatu vaiṣṇavī । yaśaḥ kīrtiṃ ca lakṣmīṃ ca dhanaṃ vidyāṃ ca cakriṇī ॥ 39 ॥ gotramindrāṇi! me rakṣetpaśūnme rakṣa caṇḍike । putrān rakṣenmahālakṣmīrbhāryāṃ rakṣatu bhairavī ॥ 40 ॥ panthānaṃ supathā rakṣenmārgaṃ kṣemakarī tathā । rājadvāre mahālakṣmīrvijayā sarvataḥ sthitā ॥ 41 ॥ rakṣāhīnaṃ tu yat-sthānaṃ varjitaṃ kavacena tu । tatsarvaṃ rakṣa me devi! jayantī pāpanāśinī ॥ 42 ॥ padamekaṃ na gacchettu yadīcchecchubhamātmanaḥ । kavacenāvṛto nityaṃ yatra yatraiva gacchati ॥ 43 ॥ tatra tatrārthalābhaśca vijayaḥ sārvakāmikaḥ । yaṃ yaṃ cintayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnoti niścitam ॥ 44 ॥ paramaiśvaryamatulaṃ prāpsyate bhūtale pumān । nirbhayo jāyate martyaḥ saṅgrāmeṣvaparājitaḥ ॥ 45 ॥ trailokye tu bhavetpūjyaḥ kavacenāvṛtaḥ pumān । idaṃ tu devyāḥ kavacaṃ devānāmapi durlabham ॥ 46 ॥ yaḥ paṭhetprayato nityaṃ trisandhyaṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ । daivīkalā bhavettasya trailokyeṣvaparājitaḥ । 47 ॥ jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgramapamṛtyuvivarjitaḥ । naśyanti vyādhayaḥ sarve lūtāvisphoṭakādayaḥ ॥ 48 ॥ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva kṛtrimaṃ caiva yadviṣam । abhicārāṇi sarvāṇi mantrayantrāṇi bhūtale ॥ 49 ॥ bhūcarāḥ khecarāścaiva julajāścopadeśikāḥ । sahajā kulajā mālā ḍākinī śākinī tathā ॥ 50 ॥ antarikṣacarā ghorā ḍākinyaśca mahābalāḥ । grahabhūtapiśācāśca yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ ॥ 51 ॥ brahmarākṣasavetālāḥ kūṣmāṇḍā bhairavādayaḥ । naśyanti darśanāttasya kavace hṛdi saṃsthite ॥ 52 ॥ mānonnatirbhavedrājñastejovṛddhikaraṃ param । yaśasā vardhate so'pi kīrtimaṇḍitabhūtale ॥ 53 ॥ japetsaptaśatīṃ caṇḍīṃ kṛtvā tu kavacaṃ purā । yāvadbhūmaṇḍalaṃ dhatte saśailavanakānanam ॥ 54 ॥ tāvattiṣṭhati medinyāṃ santatiḥ putrapautrikī । dehānte paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatsurairapi durlabham ॥ 55 ॥ prāpnoti puruṣo nityaṃ mahāmāyāprasādataḥ । labhate paramaṃ rūpaṃ śivena saha modate ॥ 56 ॥ ॥ iti devī māhātmyaṃ devi kavacam ॥

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