śrī mahā kālabhairava kavacaṃ

devadeva mahābāho bhaktānāṃ sukhavardhana |
kena siddhiṃ dadātyāśu kālī trailokyamohana || 1||

tanme vada dayā''dhāra sādhakābhīṣṭasiddhaye |
kṛpāṃ kuru jagannātha vada vedavidāṃ vara || 2||

śrībhairava uvāca|
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena tattvāt tattvaṃ parātparam |
eṣa siddhikaraḥ samyak kimatho kathayāmyaham || 3||

mahākālamahaṃ vande sarvasiddhipradāyakam |
devadānavagandharvakinnaraparisevitam || 4||

kavacaṃ tattvadevasya paṭhanād ghoradarśane |
satyaṃ bhavati sānnidhyaṃ kavacastavanāntarāt || 5||

siddhiṃ dadāti sā tuṣṭā kṛtvā kavacamuttamam |
sāmrājyatvaṃ priyaṃ datvā putravat paripālayet || 6||

kavacasya ṛṣirdevī kālikā dakṣiṇā tathā
virāṭchandaḥ suvijñeyaṃ mahākālastu devatā |
kālikā sādhane caiva viniyogaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 7||

oṃ śmaśānastho mahārudro mahākālo digambaraḥ |
kapālakartṛkā vāme śūlaṃ khaṭvāṅgaṃ dakṣiṇe || 8||

bhujaṅgabhūṣite devi bhasmāsthimaṇimaṇḍitaḥ |
jvalatpāvakamadhyastho bhasmaśayyāvyavasthitaḥ || 9||

viparītaratāṃ tatra kālikāṃ hṛdayopari |
peyaṃ khādyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ ca tau kṛtvā tu parasparam |
evaṃ bhaktyā yajed devaṃ sarvasiddhiḥ prajāyate || 10||

praṇavaṃ pūrvamuccārya mahākālāya tatpadam |
namaḥ pātu mahāmantraḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ || 11||

aṣṭakṣaro mahā mantraḥ sarvāśāparipūrakaḥ |
sarvapāpakṣayaṃ yāti grahaṇe bhaktavatsale || 12||

kūrcadvandvaṃ mahākāla prasīdeti padadvayam |
lajjāyugmaṃ vahnijāyā sa tu rājeśvaro mahān || 13||

mantragrahaṇamātreṇa bhaveta satyaṃ mahākaviḥ |
gadyapadyamayī vāṇī gaṅgānirjharitā tathā || 14||

tasya nāma tu deveśi devā gāyanti bhāvukāḥ |
śaktibījadvayaṃ datvā kūrcaṃ syāt tadanantaram || 15||

mahākālapadaṃ datvā māyābījayugaṃ tathā |
kūrcamekaṃ samuddhṛtya mahāmantro daśākṣaraḥ || 16||

rājasthāne durgame ca pātu māṃ sarvato mudā |
vedādibījamādāya bhagamān tadanantaram || 17||

mahākālāya samprocya kūrcaṃ datvā ca ṭhadvayam |
hrīṅkārapūrvamuddhṛtya vedādistadanantaram || 18||

mahākālasyāntabhāge svāhāntamanumuttamam |
dhanaṃ putraṃ sadā pātu bandhudārāniketanam || 19||

piṅgalākṣo mañjuyuddhe yuddhe nityaṃ jayapradaḥ |
sambhāvyaḥ sarvaduṣṭaghnaḥ pātu svasthānavallabhaḥ || 20||

iti te kathitaṃ tubhyaṃ devānāmapi durlabham |
anena paṭhanād devi vighnanāśo yathā bhavet || 21||

sampūjakaḥ śucisnātaḥ bhaktiyuktaḥ samāhitaḥ |
sarvavyādhivinirmuktaḥ vairimadhye viśeṣataḥ || 22||

mahābhīmaḥ sadā pātu sarvasthāna vallabham | ?
kālīpārśvasthito devaḥ sarvadā pātu me mukhe || 23||
|| phala śruti||
paṭhanāt kālikādevī paṭhet kavacamuttamam |
śruṇuyād vā prayatnena sadā''nandamayo bhavet || 1||
śraddhayā'śraddhayā vāpi paṭhanāt kavacasya yat |
sarvasiddhimavāpnoti yadyanmanasi vartate || 2||
bilvamūle paṭhed yastu paṭhanād kavacasya yat |
trisandhyaṃ paṭhanād devi bhavennityaṃ mahākaviḥ || 3||
kumārīṃ pūjayitvā tu yaḥ paṭhed bhāvatatparaḥ |
na kiñcid durlabhaṃ tasya divi vā bhuvi modate || 4||
durbhikṣe rājapīḍāyāṃ grāme vā vairimadhyake |
yatra yatra bhayaṃ prāptaḥ sarvatra prapaṭhennaraḥ || 5||
tatra tatrābhayaṃ tasya bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ |
vāmapārśve samānīya śobhitāṃ varakāminīm || 6||
śraddhayā'śraddhayā vāpi paṭhanāt kavacasya tu |
prayatnataḥ paṭhed yastu tasya siddhiḥ kare sthitā || 7||
idaṃ kavacamajñātvā kālaṃ yo bhajate naraḥ |
naiva siddhirbhavet tasya vighnastasya pade pade |
ādau varma paṭhitvā tu tasya siddhirbhaviṣyati || 8||