gṛdhrasthitāstrakaro dhanuṣmān |
caturbhujaḥ sūryasutaḥ prasannaḥ
sadā mamasyādvaradaḥ praśāntaḥ ||
brahmā uvāca|
śṛṇudhvaṃ ṛṣayaḥ sarve śani pīḍāharaṃ mahat |
kavacaṃ śanirājasya saurairidamanuttamam ||
kavacaṃ devatāvāsaṃ vajra pañjara saṃṅgakam |
śanaiścara prītikaraṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakam ||
atha śrī śani vajra pañjara kavacam |
oṃ śrī śanaiścaraḥ pātu phālaṃ me sūryanandanaḥ | [bhālaṃ]
netre chāyātmajaḥ pātu pātu karṇau yamānujaḥ || 1 ||
snigdhakaṇṭhaśca me kaṇṭhaṃ bhujau pātu mahābhujaḥ || 2 ||
vakṣaḥ pātu yamabhrātā kukṣiṃ pātvasitastathā || 3 ||
ūrū mamāntakaḥ pātu yamo jānuyugaṃ tathā || 4 ||
aṅgopāṅgāni sarvāṇi rakṣen me sūryanandanaḥ || 5 ||
phalaśrutiḥ
ityetatkavacaṃ divyaṃ paṭhetsūryasutasya yaḥ |
na tasya jāyate pīḍā prīto bhavati sūryajaḥ ||
vyayajanmadvitīyastho mṛtyusthānagatopivā |
kalatrastho gatovāpi suprītastu sadā śaniḥ ||
aṣṭamastho sūryasute vyaye janmadvitīyage |
kavacaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ na pīḍā jāyate kvacit ||
ityetatkavacaṃ divyaṃ saureryannirmitaṃ purā |
dvādaśāṣṭamajanmasthadoṣānnāśayate sadā |
janmalagnasthitān doṣān sarvānnāśayate prabhuḥ ||

