śrībaṭukabhairavabrahmakavacam (rudrayāmala tantra)

An armour of Baṭuka Bhairava from the Rudrayāmala, and its frame is the most forceful in this group. The Goddess does not simply request it: she says that if he will not tell it she will give up her life, and repeats that she means it — truly, truly, again truly, there is no doubt. Śiva laughs aloud before he answers, and calls what he then gives the whole essence of the Caṇḍikā Tantra as it bears on Baṭuka in particular. What follows over forty-odd verses is the protective apparatus itself, and the closing verses set the terms on which it may be passed on: it is to be given to one free of meanness and devoted to Baṭuka, and it brings length of life, learning, fame, dharma and strength. The last line tells her to guard it as she would guard her own origin.