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विठ्ठलकवचम् Shri Viththala Kavacham

viṭhṭhalakavacam

Shri Viththala Kavacham (विठ्ठलकवचम्): a protective kavaca to Viṣṇu. 15 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

विठ्ठलकवचम्

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Verse 1

सूत उवाच ।शिरो मे विठ्ठलः पातु कपोलं मुद्गरप्रियः ।नेत्रयोर्विष्णुरूपी च वैकुण्ठो घ्राणमेव च ॥ १॥

sūta uvāca |śiro me viṭhṭhalaḥ pātu kapolaṃ mudgarapriyaḥ |netrayorviṣṇurūpī ca vaikuṇṭho ghrāṇameva ca || 1||

Verse 2

मुनिसेव्यो मुखं पातु दन्तपङ्क्तिं सुरेश्वरः ।विद्याधीशस्तु मे जिह्वां कण्ठं विश्वेशवन्दितः ॥ २॥

munisevyo mukhaṃ pātu dantapaṅktiṃ sureśvaraḥ |vidyādhīśastu me jihvāṃ kaṇṭhaṃ viśveśavanditaḥ || 2||

Verse 3

व्यापको हृदयं पातु स्कन्धौ पातु सुखप्रदः ।भुजौ मे नृहरिः पातु करौ च सुरनायकः ॥ ३॥

vyāpako hṛdayaṃ pātu skandhau pātu sukhapradaḥ |bhujau me nṛhariḥ pātu karau ca suranāyakaḥ || 3||

Verse 4

मध्यं पातु सुराधीशो नाभिं पातु सुरालयः ।सुरवन्द्यः कटी पातु जानुनी कमलासनः ॥ ४॥

madhyaṃ pātu surādhīśo nābhiṃ pātu surālayaḥ |suravandyaḥ kaṭī pātu jānunī kamalāsanaḥ || 4||

Verse 5

जङ्घे पातु हृषीकेशः पादौ पातु त्रिविक्रमः ।निखिलं च शरीरं मे पातां गोविन्दमाधवौ ॥ ५॥

jaṅghe pātu hṛṣīkeśaḥ pādau pātu trivikramaḥ |nikhilaṃ ca śarīraṃ me pātāṃ govindamādhavau || 5||

Verse 6

अकारो व्यापको विष्णुरक्षरात्मक एव च ।पावकः सर्वपापानामकाराय नमो नमः ॥ ६॥

akāro vyāpako viṣṇurakṣarātmaka eva ca |pāvakaḥ sarvapāpānāmakārāya namo namaḥ || 6||

Verse 7

तारकः सर्वभूतानां धर्मशास्त्रेषु गीयते ।पुनातु विश्वभुवनं तोङ्काराय नमो नमः ॥ ७॥

tārakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dharmaśāstreṣu gīyate |punātu viśvabhuvanaṃ toṅkārāya namo namaḥ || 7||

Verse 8

मूलप्रकृतिरूपा या महामाया च वैष्णवी ।तस्या बीजेन संयुक्तयकारायनमो नमः ॥ ८॥

mūlaprakṛtirūpā yā mahāmāyā ca vaiṣṇavī |tasyā bījena saṃyuktayakārāyanamo namaḥ || 8||

Verse 9

वैकुण्ठाधिपतिः साक्षाद्वैकुण्ठपददायकः ।वैजयन्तीसमायुक्तो विकाराय नमो नमः ॥ ९॥

vaikuṇṭhādhipatiḥ sākṣādvaikuṇṭhapadadāyakaḥ |vaijayantīsamāyukto vikārāya namo namaḥ || 9||

Verse 10

स्नातः सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु पूतो यज्ञादिकर्मसु ।पावनो द्विजपङ्क्तीनां ठकाराय नमो नमः ॥ १०॥

snātaḥ sarveṣu tīrtheṣu pūto yajñādikarmasu |pāvano dvijapaṅktīnāṃ ṭhakārāya namo namaḥ || 10||

Verse 11

वाहनं गरुडो यस्य भुजङ्गः शयनं तथा ।वामभागे च लक्ष्मीश्च लकाराय नमो नमः ॥ ११॥

vāhanaṃ garuḍo yasya bhujaṅgaḥ śayanaṃ tathā |vāmabhāge ca lakṣmīśca lakārāya namo namaḥ || 11||

Verse 12

नारदादिसमायुक्तं वैष्णवं परमं पदम् ।लभते मानवो नित्यं वैष्णवं धर्ममाश्रितः ॥ १२॥

nāradādisamāyuktaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ paramaṃ padam |labhate mānavo nityaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamāśritaḥ || 12||

Verse 13

व्याधयो विलयं यान्ति पूर्वकर्मसमुद्भवाः ।भूतानि च पलायन्ते मन्त्रोपासकदर्शनात् ॥ १३॥

vyādhayo vilayaṃ yānti pūrvakarmasamudbhavāḥ |bhūtāni ca palāyante mantropāsakadarśanāt || 13||

Verse 14

इदं षडक्षरस्तोत्रं यो जपेच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः ।विष्णोस्सायुज्यमाप्नोति सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः ॥ १४॥

idaṃ ṣaḍakṣarastotraṃ yo japecchraddhayānvitaḥ |viṣṇossāyujyamāpnoti satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 14||

Verse 15

इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे विठ्ठलकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe viṭhṭhalakavacaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति विठ्ठलकवचम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Viththala Kavacham is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: विठ्ठलकवचम् (viṭhṭhalakavacam)). Source: Kavacha.

Shri Viththala Kavacham (विठ्ठलकवचम्): a protective kavaca to Viṣṇu. 15 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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