nārāyaṇa uvāca |
oṃ durgeti caturthyantaḥ svāhānto me śiro'vatu |
mantraḥ ṣaḍakṣaro'yaṃ ca bhaktānāṃ kalpapādapaḥ || 1 ||
vicāro nāsti vedeṣu grahaṇe'sya manormune |
mantragrahaṇamātreṇa viṣṇutulyo bhavennaraḥ || 2 ||
mama vaktraṃ sadā pātu oṃ durgāyai namo'ntataḥ |
oṃ durge rakṣayati ca kaṇṭhaṃ pātu sadā mama || 3 ||
oṃ hrīṃ śrīmiti mantro'yaṃ skandhaṃ pātu nirantaram |
hrīṃ śrīṃ klīmiti pṛṣṭhaṃ ca pātu me sarvataḥ sadā || 4 ||
hrīṃ me vakṣaḥsthalaṃ pātu hastaṃ śrīmiti santatam |
śrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ pātu sarvāṅgaṃ svapne jāgaraṇe tathā || 5 ||
prācyāṃ māṃ prakṛtiḥ pātuḥ pātu vahnau ca caṇḍikā |
dakṣiṇe bhadrakālī ca nairṛtyāṃ ca maheśvarī || 6 ||
vāruṇyāṃ pātu vārāhī vāyavyāṃ sarvamaṅgalā |
uttare vaiṣṇavī pātu tathaiśānyāṃ śivapriyā || 7 ||
jale sthale cāntarikṣe pātu māṃ jagadambikā |
iti te kathitaṃ vatsa kavacaṃ ca sudurlabham || 8 ||
yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ pravaktavyaṃ na kasyacit |
gurumabhyarcya vidhivadvastrālaṅkāracandanaiḥ |
kavacaṃ dhārayedyastu so'pi viṣṇurna saṃśayaḥ || 9 ||
iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde durgopākhyāne saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāye brahmāṇḍamohanaṃ nāma śrī durgā kavacam |