Āśugaru A Kavaca - Ākāśa-Bhairava Tantram - Ashu Garuda Kavacham - Akasha Bhairava Tantram
Āśugaru A Kavaca - Ākāśa-Bhairava Tantram - Ashu Garuda Kavacham - Akasha Bhairava Tantram
Āśugaru A Kavaca - Ākāśa-Bhairava Tantram - Ashu Garuda Kavacham - Akasha Bhairava Tantram
The following is a rare armor hymn (Kavacham) on Lord Garuda taken from Akasha
Bhairava Tantra and Chapter 14. This Kavacham is given to Goddess Parvati by Lord Shiva
and the following benefits are mentioned in the Phalashruti:
This hymn is capable of bestowing comforts, progeny, longevity, purity, and
protection from all adverse influences such as fear of fire, king, theft, ghosts,
untimely death, bondage, etc.
One who chants this thrice a day becomes blessed with Vag Vishuddhi (even sages
revere the chanter) and attains Vishnu Sayujya after departing the material world.
śrīdevyuvāca -
devadeva mahādeva sarvajña karuṇānidhe |
pāhi māṁ kṛpayā śambho paramānanda-śaṅkara || 1 ||
yat tu guhyaṁ śubhataraṁ sarva-rakṣā-karaṁ param |
garutmānyena mantreṇa santuṣyati hi tad vada || 2 ||
śrīśiva uvāca -
sādhu devī mahāprājñe jñānaṁ vakṣyāmi śaṅkari |
āśutārkṣyasya kavacaṁ mahāmantraṁ vadāmyaham || 3 ||
bhoga-mokṣa-dama-jñāna timirāndhasya taulikam |
bhukti-mukti-pradaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ siddhidaṁ sarva-siddhidam || 4 ||
ṛṣi-nyāsa-prabhāvāśca śaṅkarāditi mantravit |
samāhitena manasā japen mantrottamottamam || 5 ||
|| dhyānam ||
amṛta-kalaśa-hastaṁ kānti-sampūrṇa-dehaṁ
sakala-vibudha-vandyaṁ veda-śāstrair acintyam |
vibudha-sulabha-pakṣair dhūyamānā 'ṇḍakolaṁ
sakala-viṣa-vināśaṁ cintayet pakṣirājam ||
piṅgalākṣaṁ garutmantaṁ svarṇa-varṇa-samaprabham |
kuñcitaṁ vāmapādaṁ tu dakṣiṇaṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ sthitam ||
ananto vāma-kaṭakaṁ yajña-sūtraṁ tu vāsukiḥ |
takṣako kaṭi-sūtraṁ ca hāraḥ kārkoṭakas tathā ||
padmo dakṣiṇa-karṇe tu mahāpadmas tu vāmake |
śaṅkhaḥ śiraḥ pradeśe tu gulikas tu bhujāntare ||
K. Muralidharan ([email protected]) 1
Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram
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Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram
mūlādhāraṁ-khagaḥ-pātu svādhiṣṭhānaṁ-athā'tmavit |
maṇipūrakaṁ-atyugraḥ kaladhī-pātvanāhatam || 20 ||
viśuddhiṁ-aparaḥ-pātu cā'jñāṁ-ākhaṇḍala-priyaḥ |
druta-tārkṣyo-mahābhīmo brahma-randhraṁ-sa-pātu-me || 21 ||
aindraṁ-phaṇi-bhujaḥ-pātu āgneyaṁ-kali-doṣa-bhit |
yāmyaṁ-laghugatiḥ-pātu nairṛtaṁ-sura-vairi-jit || 22 ||
paścimaṁ-pātu-lokeśo dhautoruḥ-pātu-mārutam |
gulikāśīti-kauveraṁ pātu-paiśānyamaujasaḥ || 23 ||
ūrdhvaṁ-pātu sadānanda-gīta-nṛtya-priyas tathā |
garuḍaḥ-pātu-pātālaṁ garaśālī-tanuṁ tathā || 24 ||
dhana-dhānyādikaṁ-pātu tārkṣyo rākṣasa-vairi-dhṛk |
bhīṣaṇaḥ-kanyakāḥ-pātu bhāryāṁ-agnikaṇekṣaṇaḥ || 25 ||
tvaritaḥ-pātu-cā'tmānaṁ dharma-karma-kratūttamaḥ |
putrān-āyuṣkaraḥ-pātu vaṁśaṁ-ripu-niṣūdanaḥ || 26 ||
saṅgrāme-vijayaḥ-pātu māgraṁ-śatru-vimardanaḥ |
siddhiṁ-pātu-mahādevo bhagavān-bhujagāśanaḥ || 27 ||
satataṁ-pātu-māṁ-śreṣṭhaṁ svastidaḥ-sādhakātmavān |
jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptau ca kuṅkumā'ruṇa-vakṣasaḥ || 28 ||
sarva-saṁpat-pradaḥ-pātu stutir-mantrasya-siddhiṣu |
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
idaṁ tu tārkṣya-kavacaṁ puruṣārtha-pradaṁ param || 29 ||
svastidaṁ putradaṁ sarva-rakṣākaraṁ anuttamam |
yuddhe vahni-bhaye caiva rāja-cora-samāgame || 30 ||
mahābhūtāri-saṅghaṭṭe nijapet kavacaṁ śive |
smaraṇād eva naśyanti pracaṇḍānalatūlavat || 31 ||
āśu-tārkṣyākhya-kavacaṁ paramaṁ puṇya-vardhanam |
mahāguhyaṁ mahāmantraṁ mahamohana-saṁjñakam || 32 ||
sarva-deva-mayaṁ-mantraṁ sarvāyudha-karaṁ param |
sarva-mṛtyu-praśamanaṁ sarva-saubhāgya-vardhanam || 33 ||
pāvanaṁ paramāyuṣyaṁ pāpa-pāśa-pramocanam |
munīśvaraiśca yamibhiḥrnābhijādyamaraiḥ paraiḥ || 34 ||
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Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram
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