śrīdevyuvāca-
bhagavan devadeveśa sarvajña tripurāntaka |
prāpte kaliyuge ghore mahābhūtaiḥ samāvṛte || 1
mahāvyādhi mahāvyāla ghorarājaiḥ samāvṛte |
duḥsvapnaśokasantāpaiḥ durvinītaiḥ samāvṛte || 2
svadharmaviratemārge pravṛtte hṛdi sarvadā |
teṣāṃ siddhiṃ ca muktiṃ ca tvaṃ me brūhi vṛṣadvaja || 3
īśvara uvāca-
śṛṇu devi mahābhāge sarvakalyāṇakāraṇe |
mahāśāstuśca deveśi kavacaṃ puṇyavardhanam || 4
agnistambha jalastambha senāstambha vidhāyakam |
mahābhūtapraśamanaṃ mahāvyādhinivāraṇam || 5
mahājñānapradaṃ puṇyaṃ viśeṣāt kalitāpaham |
sarvarakṣottamaṃ puṃsāṃ āyurārogyavardhanam || 6
kimato bahunoktena yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate dvijaḥ |
taṃ tamāpnotyasandeho mahāśāstuḥ prasādanāt || 7
kavacasya ṛṣirbrahmā gāyatrīḥ chanda ucyate |
devatā śrīmahāśāstā devo hariharātmajaḥ || 8
ṣaḍaṅgamācaredbhaktyā mātrayā jātiyuktayā |
dhyānamasya pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvāvahitā priye || 9
asya śrī mahāśāstuḥ kavacamantrasya | brahmā ṛṣiḥ | gāyatrīḥ chandaḥ | mahāśāstā devatā | hrāṃ bījam | hrīṃ śaktiḥ | hrūṃ kīlakam | śrī mahāśāstuḥ prasāda siddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
hrāṃ ityādi ṣaḍaṅganyāsaḥ ||
dhyānam-
tejomaṇḍalamadhyagaṃ trinayanaṃ divyāmbarālaṅkṛtaṃ
devaṃ puṣpaśarekṣukārmuka lasanmāṇikyapātrā'bhayam |
bibhrāṇaṃ karapaṅkajaiḥ madagaja skandhādhirūḍhaṃ vibhuṃ
śāstāraṃ śaraṇaṃ bhajāmi satataṃ trailokya sammohanam ||
mahāśāstā śiraḥ pātu phālaṃ hariharātmajaḥ |
kāmarūpī dṛśaṃ pātu sarvajño me śrutiṃ sadā || 1
ghrāṇaṃ pātu kṛpādhyakṣaḥ mukhaṃ gaurīpriyaḥ sadā |
vedādhyāyī ca me jihvāṃ pātu me cibukaṃ guruḥ || 2
kaṇṭhaṃ pātu viśuddhātmā skandhau pātu surārcitaḥ |
bāhū pātu virūpākṣaḥ karau tu kamalāpriyaḥ || 3
bhūtādhipo me hṛdayaṃ madhyaṃ pātu mahābalaḥ |
nābhiṃ pātu mahāvīraḥ kamalākṣo'vatu kaṭim || 4
sanīpaṃ pātu viśveśaḥ guhyaṃ guhyārthavitsadā |
ūrū pātu gajārūḍhaḥ vajradhārī ca jānunī || 5
jaṅghe pātvaṅkuśadharaḥ pādau pātu mahāmatiḥ |
sarvāṅgaṃ pātu me nityaṃ mahāmāyāviśāradaḥ || 6
itīdaṃ kavacaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvāghaughanikṛntanam |
mahāvyādhipraśamanaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || 7
jñānavairāgyadaṃ divyamaṇimādivibhūṣitam |
āyurārogyajananaṃ mahāvaśyakaraṃ param || 8
yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ tamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ |
trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedvidvān sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ||
iti śrī mahāśāstā anugraha kavacam |