Lord Batuka Bhairava

śrī baṭuka bhairava kavacaṃ

(Shri Batuka Bhairava Kavacham in English (IAST))

From Rudrayamala Tantra

Shri Batuka Bhairava Kavacham is a potent protective hymn originating from the Rudrayamala Tantra. Dedicated to the child-form of Lord Bhairava, the fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva, this text is recited by seekers to invoke divine armor against spiritual, physical, and elemental dangers. Through the contemplation of the deity's radiant, crystalline form, the practitioner gains immunity from black magic, diseases, natural calamities, and battlefield perils. Traditionally considered a secret and powerful meditation, regular recitation of this Kavacham is believed to grant the devotee fearlessness, spiritual protection, and the grace of the Lord.

śrībhairava uvāca |

deveśi deharakṣārthaṃ kāraṇaṃ kathyatāṃ dhruvam |
mriyante sādhakā yena vinā śmaśānabhūmiṣu ||
raṇeṣu cātighoreṣu mahāvāyujaleṣu ca |
śṛṅgimakaravajreṣu jvarādivyādhivahniṣu ||
śrīdevyuvāca|
kathayāmi śṛṇu prājña baṭostu kavacaṃ śubham |
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena mātṛjāropamaṃ yathā ||
tasya dhyānaṃ tridhā proktaṃ sāttvikādiprabhedataḥ |
sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ caiva tāmasaṃ deva tat śṛṇu ||
dhyānam –
vande bālaṃ sphaṭikasadṛśaṃ kuṇḍalodbhāsivaktraṃ
divyākalpairnavamaṇimayaiḥ kiṅkiṇīnūpurādyaiḥ |
dīptākāraṃ viśadavadanaṃ suprasannaṃ trinetraṃ
hastābjābhyāṃ baṭukamaniśaṃ śūlakhaḍgaudadhānam || 1 ||
udyadbhāskarasannibhaṃ trinayanaṃ raktāṅgarāgasrajaṃ
smerāsyaṃ varadaṃ kapālamabhayaṃ śūlaṃ dadhānaṃ karaiḥ |
nīlagrīvamudārabhūṣaṇaśataṃ śītāṃśucūḍojjvalaṃ
bandhūkāruṇavāsasaṃ bhayaharaṃ devaṃ sadā bhāvaye || 2 ||
dhyāyennīlādrikāntaṃ śaśiśakaladharaṃ muṇḍamālaṃ maheśaṃ
digvastraṃ piṅgakeśaṃ ḍamarumatha sṛṇiṃ khaḍgaśūlābhayāni |
nāgaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ kapālaṃ karasarasiruhairvibhrataṃ bhīmadaṃṣṭraṃ
sarpākalpaṃ trinetraṃ maṇimayavilasatkiṅkiṇī nūpurāḍhyam || 3 ||
asya vaṭukabhairavakavacasya mahākāla ṛṣiranuṣṭupchandaḥ śrīvaṭukabhairavo devatā baṃ bījaṃ hrīṃ śaktirāpaduddhāraṇāyeti kīlakaṃ mama sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyarthe viniyogaḥ |
kavacam –
oṃ śiro me bhairavaḥ pātu lalāṭaṃ bhīṣaṇastathā |
netre ca bhūtahananaḥ sārameyānugo bhruvau || 1
bhūtanāthaśca me karṇau kapolau pretavāhanaḥ |
nāsāpuṭau tathoṣṭhau ca bhasmāṅgaḥ sarvabhūṣaṇaḥ || 2
bhīṣaṇāsyo mamāsyaṃ ca śaktihasto galaṃ mama |
skandhau daityaripuḥ pātu bāhū atulavikramaḥ || 3
pāṇī kapālī me pātu muṇḍamālādharo hṛdam |
vakṣaḥsthalaṃ tathā śāntaḥ kāmacārī stanaṃ mama || 4
udaraṃ ca sa me tuṣṭaḥ kṣetreśaḥ pārśvatastathā |
kṣetrapālaḥ pṛṣṭhadeśaṃ kṣetrākhyo nābhitastathā || 5
kaṭiṃ pāpaughanāśaśca baṭuko liṅgadeśakam |
gudaṃ rakṣākaraḥ pātu ūrū rakṣākaraḥ sadā || 6
jānū ca ghurghurārāvo jaṅghe rakṣatu raktapaḥ |
gulphau ca pādukāsiddhaḥ pādapṛṣṭhaṃ sureśvaraḥ || 7
āpādamastakaṃ caiva āpaduddhāraṇastathā |
sahasrāre mahāpadme karpūradhavalo guruḥ || 8
pātu māṃ vaṭuko devo bhairavaḥ sarvakarmasu |
pūrva syāmasitāṅgo me diśi rakṣatu sarvadā || 9
āgneyyāṃ ca ruruḥ pātu dakṣiṇe caṇḍabhairavaḥ |
nairṛtyāṃ krodhanaḥ pātu māmunmattastu paścime || 10
vāyavyāṃ me kapālī ca nityaṃ pāyāt sureśvaraḥ |
bhīṣaṇo bhairavaḥ pātūttarasyāṃ diśi sarvadā || 11
saṃhārabhairavaḥ pātu diśyaiśānyāṃ maheśvaraḥ |
ūrdhve pātu vidhātā vai pātāle nandiko vibhuḥ || 12
sadyojātastu māṃ pāyāt sarvato devasevitaḥ |
vāmadevo'vatu prīto raṇe ghore tathāvatu || 13
jale tatpuruṣaḥ pātu sthale pātu guruḥ sadā |
ḍākinīputrakaḥ pātu dārāṃstu lākinīsutaḥ || 14
pātu sākalako bhrātṝn śriyaṃ me satataṃ giraḥ |
lākinīputrakaḥ pātu paśūnaśvānajāṃstathā || 15
mahākālo'vatu cchatraṃ sainyaṃ vai kālabhairavaḥ |
rājyaṃ rājyaśriyaṃ pāyāt bhairavo bhītihārakaḥ || 16
rakṣāhīnantu yat sthānaṃ varjitaṃ kavacena ca |
tat sarvaṃ rakṣa me deva tvaṃ yataḥ sarvarakṣakaḥ || 17
etat kavacamīśāna tava snehāt prakāśitam |
nākhyeyaṃ naralokeṣu sārabhūtaṃ ca suśriyam || 18
yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ kavaceśaṃ sudurlabham |
na deyaṃ paraśiṣyebhyaḥ kṛpaṇebhyaśca śaṅkara || 19
yo dadāti niṣiddhebhyaḥ sa vai bhraṣṭo bhaveddhruvam |
anena kavaceśena rakṣāṃ kṛtvā dvijottamaḥ || 20
vicaran yatra kutrāpi vighnaughaiḥ prāpyate na saḥ |
mantreṇa mriyate yogī kavacaṃ yanna rakṣitaḥ || 21
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena durlabhaṃ pāpacetasām |
bhūrje rambhātvace vāpi likhitvā vidhivat prabho || 22
dhārayet pāṭhayedvāpi sampaṭhedvāpi nityaśaḥ |
samprāpnoti prabhāvaṃ vai kavacasyāsya varṇitam || 23
namo bhairavadevāya sārabhūtāya vai namaḥ |
namastrailokyanāthāya nāthanāthāya vai namaḥ || 24
iti viśvasāroddhāratantre āpaduddhārakalpe bhairavabhairavīsaṃvāde vaṭukabhairavakavacaṃ samāptam ||

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