Goddess Lakshmi

śrī kamalā kavacam

(Sri Kamala Kavacham in English (IAST))

From Vishvasara Tantra

Also known as kamala kavacham · vishvasara tantra kamala kavacham · chaturakshari vishnuvanita kavacham

An armour of Kamala from the Vishvasara Tantra, named there as the armour of the four-syllabled mantra of Vishnu's consort. It opens with the claim that gives it its standing: now, great mistress, I shall tell the armour that gives every desire, by the mere knowing of which one becomes Sadashiva himself. The second verse then says something unusual for the form — that for such a person there is no need of formal worship at all, only the repetition of the mantra; he becomes as Parvati's son, one who has crossed to the far side of every scripture, and the goddess is especially to be served by those who want learning. That last clause matters: this Kamala is asked for knowledge as much as for wealth, which is not where Lakshmi's reputation usually sits.

|| īśvara uvāca||
atha vakṣye maheśāni kavacaṃ sarvakāmadam |
yasya vijñānamātreṇa bhavetsākṣātsadāśivaḥ || 1 ||
nārcanaṃ tasya deveśi mantramātraṃ japennaraḥ |
sa bhavetpārvatīputraḥ sarvaśāstreṣu pāragaḥ |
vidyārthinā sadā sevyā viśeṣe viṣṇuvallabhā || 2 ||
|| viniyogaḥ ||
asyāścaturakṣariviṣṇuvanitārūpāyāḥ kavacasya śrībhagavān śiva ṛṣiranuṣṭupchando,
vāgbhavī devatā, vāgbhavaṃ bījaṃ, lajjā śaktiḥ, ramā kīlakaṃ, kāmabījātmakaṃ kavacaṃ,
mama supāṇḍitya kavitva sarvasiddhisamṛddhaye jape viniyogaḥ ||
|| atha kavacam ||
aiṅkārī mastake pātu vāgbhavī sarvasiddhidā |
hrīṃ pātu cakṣuṣormadhye cakṣuryugme ca śāṅkarī || 1 ||
jihvāyāṃ mukhavṛtte ca karṇayorgaṇḍayornasi |
oṣṭhādhare dantapaṅktau tālumūle hanau punaḥ || 2 ||
pātu māṃ viṣṇuvanitā lakṣmīḥ śrīvarṇarūpiṇī |
karṇayugme bhujadvandve stanadvandve ca pārvatī || 3 ||
hṛdaye maṇibandhe ca grīvāyāṃ pārśvayoḥ punaḥ |
sarvāṅge pātu kāmeśī mahādevī samunnatiḥ || 4 ||
vyuṣṭiḥ pātu mahāmāyā utkṛṣṭiḥ sarvadā'vatu |
sandhiṃ pātu sadā devī sarvatra śambhuvallabhā || 5 ||
vāgbhavī sarvadā pātu pātu māṃ harigehinī |
ramā pātu sadā devī pātu māyā svarāṭ svayam || 6 ||
sarvāṅge pātu māṃ lakṣmīrviṣṇumāyā sureśvarī |
vijayā pātu bhavane jayā pātu sadā mama || 7 ||
śivadūtī sadā pātu sundarī pātu sarvadā |
bhairavī pātu sarvatra bhairuṇḍā sarvadā'vatu || 8 ||
tvaritā pātu māṃ nityamugratārā sadā'vatu |
pātu māṃ kālikā nityaṃ kālarātriḥ sadā'vatu || 9 ||
navadurgā sadā pātu kāmākhyā sarvadā'vatu |
yoginyaḥ sarvadā pāntu mudrāḥ pāntu sadā mama || 10 ||
mātaraḥ pāntu devyaśca cakrasthā yoginīgaṇāḥ |
sarvatra sarvakāryeṣu sarvakarmasu sarvadā || 11 ||
pātu māṃ devadevī ca lakṣmīḥ sarvasamṛddhidā |
iti te kathitaṃ divyaṃ kavacaṃ sarvasiddhaye || 12 ||
|| phalaśruti (Benefits & Rules) ||
yatra tatra na vaktavyaṃ yadīcchedātmano hitam |
śaṭhāya bhaktihīnāya nindakāya maheśvari || 13 ||
nyūnāṅge atiriktāṅge darśayenna kadācana |
na stavaṃ darśayeddivyaṃ sandarśya śivahā bhavet || 14 ||
kulīnāya mahocchrāya durgābhaktiparāya ca |
vaiṣṇavāya viśuddhāya dadyātkavacamuttamam || 15 ||
nijaśiṣyāya śāntāya dhanine jñānine tathā |
dadyātkavacamityuktaṃ sarvatantrasamanvitam || 16 ||
|| lekhana vidhi (Writing Ritual) ||
vilikhya kavacaṃ divyaṃ svayambhukusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
svaśukraiḥ paraśukraiśca nānāgandhasamanvitaiḥ || 17 ||
gorocanākuṅkumena raktacandanakena vā |
sutithau śubhayoge vā śravaṇāyāṃ raverdine || 18 || (ravivāra)
aśvinyāṃ kṛttikāyāṃ vā phalgunyāṃ vā maghāsu ca |
pūrvabhādrapadāyoge svātyāṃ maṅgalavāsare || 19 || (maṃgalavāra)
vilikhet prapaṭhet stotraṃ śubhayoge surālaye |
āyuṣmatprītiyoge ca brahmayoge viśeṣataḥ || 20 ||
indrayoge śubhayoge śukrayoge tathaiva ca |
kaulave bālave caiva vaṇije caiva sattamaḥ || 21 ||
śūnyāgāre śmaśāne vā vijane ca viśeṣataḥ |
kumārīṃ pūjayitvādau yajeddevīṃ sanātanīm || 22 ||
matsyamāṃsaiḥ śākasūpaiḥ pūjayetparadevatām |
ghṛtādyaiḥ sopakaraṇaiḥ pūpasūpairviśeṣataḥ || 23 ||
brāhmaṇānbhojāyitvādau prīṇayetparameśvarīm |
bahunā kimihoktena kṛte tvevaṃ dinatrayam || 24 ||
tadādharenmahārakṣāṃ śaṅkareṇābhibhāṣitam |
māraṇadveṣaṇādīni labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 25 ||
sa bhavetpārvatīputraḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ |
gururdevo haraḥ sākṣātpatnī tasya harapriyā || 26 ||
abhedena bhajedyastu tasya siddhiradūrataḥ |
sarvadevamayīṃ devīṃ sarvamantramayīṃ tathā || 27 ||
subhaktyā pūjayedyastu sa bhavetkamalāpriyaḥ |
raktapuṣpaistathā gandhairvastrālaṅkaraṇaistathā || 28 ||
bhaktyā yaḥ pūjayeddevīṃ labhate paramāṃ gatim |
nārī vā puruṣo vāpi yaḥ paṭhetkavacaṃ śubham |
mantrasiddhiḥ kāryasiddhirlabhate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 29 ||
paṭhati ya iha martyo nityamārdrāntarātmā
japaphalamanumeyaṃ lapsyate yadvidheyam |
sa bhavati padamuccaiḥ sampadāṃ pādanamraḥ
kṣitipamukuṭalakṣmīrlakṣaṇānāṃ cirāya || 30 ||
|| iti śrīviśvasāratantroktaṃ caturakṣarī viṣṇuvanitā kavacaṃ nāma śrī kamalā kavacam ||

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