Dhumavati Kavacham

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प्रस्तावना 3

श्रीगणेशाय नमः । अथ धूमावती कवचम् । श्रीपार्वत्युवाच - धूमावत्यर्चनं शम्भो श्रुतं विस्तरतोमया । कवचं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तस्या देव वदस्व मे ॥ १॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha dhūmāvatī kavacam | śrīpārvatyuvāca - dhūmāvatyarcanaṃ śambho śrutaṃ vistaratomayā | kavacaṃ śrotumicchāmi tasyā deva vadasva me || 1||

श्रीभैरव उवाच - श‍ृणु देवि परं गुह्यं न प्रकाश्यं कलौ युगे । कवचं श्रीधूमावत्याश्शत्रुनिग्रहकारकम् ॥ २॥

śrībhairava uvāca - śaृṇu devi paraṃ guhyaṃ na prakāśyaṃ kalau yuge | kavacaṃ śrīdhūmāvatyāśśatrunigrahakārakam || 2||

ब्रह्माद्यादेवि सततं यद्वशादरिघातिनः । योगिनो भव शत्रुघ्ना यस्या ध्यान प्रभावतः ॥ ३॥

brahmādyādevi satataṃ yadvaśādarighātinaḥ | yogino bhava śatrughnā yasyā dhyāna prabhāvataḥ || 3||

विनियोग 1

ॐ अस्य श्रीधूमावतीकवचस्य पिप्पलाद ऋषिः अनुष्टुप्छन्दः श्रीधूमावती देवता धूं बीजम् स्वाहा शक्तिः धूमावती कीलकम् शत्रुहनने पाठे विनियोगः ॥

oṃ asya śrīdhūmāvatīkavacasya pippalāda ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchandaḥ śrīdhūmāvatī devatā dhūṃ bījam svāhā śaktiḥ dhūmāvatī kīlakam śatruhanane pāṭhe viniyogaḥ ||

Meaning

For this Sri Dhumavati Kavacha the seer (rishi) is Pippalada, the metre (chandas) is Anushtup, and the deity is Sri Dhumavati; ‘dhūṃ’ is the seed (bija), ‘svāhā’ the power (shakti), and ‘Dhumavati’ the pin (keelaka). This application (viniyoga) is made in the recitation for the slaying of enemies. (‘dhūṃ’ and ‘svāhā’ are pure seed-syllables and carry no literal meaning.)

कवच 6

ॐ धूं बीजं मे शिरः पातु धूं ललाटं सदावतु । धूमा नेत्रयुगं पातु वती कर्णौ सदावतु ॥ ४॥

oṃ dhūṃ bījaṃ me śiraḥ pātu dhūṃ lalāṭaṃ sadāvatu | dhūmā netrayugaṃ pātu vatī karṇau sadāvatu || 4||

दीर्घा तूदरमध्ये तु नाभिं मे मलिनाम्बरा । शूर्पहन्ता पातु गुह्यं रूक्षा रक्षतु जानुनी ॥ ५॥

dīrghā tūdaramadhye tu nābhiṃ me malināmbarā | śūrpahantā pātu guhyaṃ rūkṣā rakṣatu jānunī || 5||

मुखं मे पातु भीमाख्या स्वाहा रक्षतु नासिकाम् । सर्वं विद्यावतु कण्ठं विवर्णा बाहुयुग्मकम् ॥ ६॥

mukhaṃ me pātu bhīmākhyā svāhā rakṣatu nāsikām | sarvaṃ vidyāvatu kaṇṭhaṃ vivarṇā bāhuyugmakam || 6||

चञ्चला हृदयं पातु धृष्टा पार्श्वं सदावतु । धूमहस्ता सदा पातु पादौ पातु भयावहा ॥ ७॥

cañcalā hṛdayaṃ pātu dhṛṣṭā pārśvaṃ sadāvatu | dhūmahastā sadā pātu pādau pātu bhayāvahā || 7||

प्रवृद्धरोमा तु भृशं कुटिला कुटिलेक्षणा । क्षुत्पिपासार्दिता देवी भयदा कलहप्रिया ॥ ८॥

pravṛddharomā tu bhṛśaṃ kuṭilā kuṭilekṣaṇā | kṣutpipāsārditā devī bhayadā kalahapriyā || 8||

सर्वाङ्गं पातु मे देवी सर्वशत्रुविनाशिनी । इति ते कवचं पुण्यं कथितं भुवि दुर्लभम् ॥ ९॥

sarvāṅgaṃ pātu me devī sarvaśatruvināśinī | iti te kavacaṃ puṇyaṃ kathitaṃ bhuvi durlabham || 9||

फलश्रुति 1

न प्रकाश्यं न प्रकाश्यं न प्रकाश्यं कलौ युगे । पठनीयं महादेवि त्रिसन्ध्यं ध्यानतत्परैः । दुष्टाभिचारो देवेशि तद्गात्रं नैव संस्पृशेत् ॥ १०॥

na prakāśyaṃ na prakāśyaṃ na prakāśyaṃ kalau yuge | paṭhanīyaṃ mahādevi trisandhyaṃ dhyānatatparaiḥ | duṣṭābhicāro deveśi tadgātraṃ naiva saṃspṛśet || 10||

समापन 1

इति भैरवीभैरव संवादे धूमावतीतत्त्वे धूमावतीकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti bhairavībhairava saṃvāde dhūmāvatītattve dhūmāvatīkavacaṃ sampūrṇam |

प्रस्तावना

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha dhūmāvatī kavacam | śrīpārvatyuvāca - dhūmāvatyarcanaṃ śambho śrutaṃ vistaratomayā | kavacaṃ śrotumicchāmi tasyā deva vadasva me || 1||

प्रस्तावना

śrībhairava uvāca - śaृṇu devi paraṃ guhyaṃ na prakāśyaṃ kalau yuge | kavacaṃ śrīdhūmāvatyāśśatrunigrahakārakam || 2||

प्रस्तावना

brahmādyādevi satataṃ yadvaśādarighātinaḥ | yogino bhava śatrughnā yasyā dhyāna prabhāvataḥ || 3||

विनियोग

oṃ asya śrīdhūmāvatīkavacasya pippalāda ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchandaḥ śrīdhūmāvatī devatā dhūṃ bījam svāhā śaktiḥ dhūmāvatī kīlakam śatruhanane pāṭhe viniyogaḥ ||

Meaning

कवच

oṃ dhūṃ bījaṃ me śiraḥ pātu dhūṃ lalāṭaṃ sadāvatu | dhūmā netrayugaṃ pātu vatī karṇau sadāvatu || 4||

कवच

dīrghā tūdaramadhye tu nābhiṃ me malināmbarā | śūrpahantā pātu guhyaṃ rūkṣā rakṣatu jānunī || 5||

कवच

mukhaṃ me pātu bhīmākhyā svāhā rakṣatu nāsikām | sarvaṃ vidyāvatu kaṇṭhaṃ vivarṇā bāhuyugmakam || 6||

कवच

cañcalā hṛdayaṃ pātu dhṛṣṭā pārśvaṃ sadāvatu | dhūmahastā sadā pātu pādau pātu bhayāvahā || 7||

कवच

pravṛddharomā tu bhṛśaṃ kuṭilā kuṭilekṣaṇā | kṣutpipāsārditā devī bhayadā kalahapriyā || 8||

कवच

sarvāṅgaṃ pātu me devī sarvaśatruvināśinī | iti te kavacaṃ puṇyaṃ kathitaṃ bhuvi durlabham || 9||

फलश्रुति

na prakāśyaṃ na prakāśyaṃ na prakāśyaṃ kalau yuge | paṭhanīyaṃ mahādevi trisandhyaṃ dhyānatatparaiḥ | duṣṭābhicāro deveśi tadgātraṃ naiva saṃspṛśet || 10||

समापन

इति भैरवीभैरव संवादे धूमावतीतत्त्वे धूमावतीकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti bhairavībhairava saṃvāde dhūmāvatītattve dhūmāvatīkavacaṃ sampūrṇam |

Introduction

Spoken as a dialogue between Bhairava and Bhairavi, this tantric Dhumavati Kavacham is the protective armour from the worship of Dhumavati — one of the ten Mahavidyas, the widow-goddess, aged and smoke-hued. Through the seed-syllable ‘dhūṃ’ and the Goddess’s many names (Dhumā, Vatī, Dīrghā, Malināmbarā, Shūrpahantā, Bhīmā, Vivarṇā, Chañchalā and others) it invokes her guard over every limb from head to foot, and the destruction of all enemies.

The Sanskrit text below is reproduced verbatim from a canonical source; the meanings are explanatory. Pure seed-syllables (bija-mantras) carry no literal translation. Scholarly-religious review is welcome.

Sources 2

Sanskrit Documents — श्रीधूमावतीकवचम् — dhUmAvatIkavacham, proofread by Ravi S. Ramphal
संस्कृत मूल पाठ प्रामाणिक स्रोत से अक्षरशः; बीजमन्त्रों का शब्दशः अनुवाद सम्भव नहीं, अर्थ व्याख्यात्मक। धार्मिक समीक्षा अपेक्षित।
Siddhaguru — Sri Dhumavati Mahavidya Kavacham (English) — anga-nyasa body-part protection mapping and goddess epithets

Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.