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गङ्गाकवचम् ४ Shri Ganga Kavacham

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Shri Ganga Kavacham (गङ्गाकवचम् ४): a protective kavaca to Gaṅgā, from the Viśnuyamala. 8 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

गङ्गाकवचम् ४

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Verse 1

ॐ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।ॐ गङ्गायै नमः ।विनियोगःगङ्गाकवचस्य विष्णुरृषिविराट्छन्दःचतुर्दश पुरुष उद्धारण अर्थे पाठे विनियोगः ।ॐ द्रव्यरूपा महाभागा स्नाने च तर्पणेऽपि च ।अभिषेके पूजने च पातु मां शुक्लरुपिणी ॥ १॥

oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |oṃ gaṅgāyai namaḥ |viniyogaḥgaṅgākavacasya viṣṇurṛṣivirāṭchandaḥcaturdaśa puruṣa uddhāraṇa arthe pāṭhe viniyogaḥ |oṃ dravyarūpā mahābhāgā snāne ca tarpaṇe'pi ca |abhiṣeke pūjane ca pātu māṃ śuklarupiṇī || 1||

Verse 2

विष्णुपादप्रसूतासि वैष्णवी नामधारिणी ।पाहि मां सर्वतो रक्षेद्गङ्गा त्रिपथगामिनी ॥ २॥

viṣṇupādaprasūtāsi vaiṣṇavī nāmadhāriṇī |pāhi māṃ sarvato rakṣedgaṅgā tripathagāminī || 2||

Verse 3

मन्दाकिनी सदा पातु देहान्ते स्वर्गवल्लभा ।अलकनन्दा च वामभागे पृथिव्यां या तु तिष्ठति ॥ ३॥

mandākinī sadā pātu dehānte svargavallabhā |alakanandā ca vāmabhāge pṛthivyāṃ yā tu tiṣṭhati || 3||

Verse 4

भोगवती च पाताले स्वर्गे मन्दाकिनी तथा ।पञ्चाक्षरमिमं मन्त्रं यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि ॥ ४॥

bhogavatī ca pātāle svarge mandākinī tathā |pañcākṣaramimaṃ mantraṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi || 4||

Verse 5

रोगी रोगात्प्रमुच्येत्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् ।गुर्विणी जनयेत् पुत्रं वन्ध्या पुत्रवती भवेत् ॥ ५॥

rogī rogātpramucyetbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt |gurviṇī janayet putraṃ vandhyā putravatī bhavet || 5||

Verse 6

गङ्गास्मरणमात्रेण निष्पापो जायते नरः ।यः पठेद्गृहमध्ये तु गङ्गास्नानफलं लभेत् ॥ ६॥

gaṅgāsmaraṇamātreṇa niṣpāpo jāyate naraḥ |yaḥ paṭhedgṛhamadhye tu gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet || 6||

Verse 7

स्नानकाले पठेद्यस्तु शतकोटिफलं लभेत् ।यः पठेत्प्रयतो भक्त्या मुक्तः कोटिकुलैः सह ॥ ७॥

snānakāle paṭhedyastu śatakoṭiphalaṃ labhet |yaḥ paṭhetprayato bhaktyā muktaḥ koṭikulaiḥ saha || 7||

Verse 8

॥ इति श्रीविष्णुयामले शिवपार्वतीसंवादे गङ्गाकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ।

|| iti śrīviṣṇuyāmale śivapārvatīsaṃvāde gaṅgākavacaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति गङ्गाकवचम् ४ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Ganga Kavacham is a stotra addressed to Gaṅgā, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: गङ्गाकवचम् ४ (gaṅgākavacam 4)). Source: Viśnuyamala.

Shri Ganga Kavacham (गङ्गाकवचम् ४): a protective kavaca to Gaṅgā, from the Viśnuyamala. 8 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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