Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 1.19

sautiruvāca //
mālāvatī dhanaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ praharṣitā //
cakāra vividhaṃ veśaṃ svātmanaḥ svāminaḥ kṛte

bhartuścakāra śuśrūṣāṃ pūjāṃ ca samayocitām//
tena sārddhaṃ surasikā reme sā suciraṃ mudā

mahāpuruṣastotraṃ ca pūjāṃ ca kavacaṃ manum//
vismṛtaṃ bodhayāmāsa svayaṃ rahasi suvratā

purā dattaṃ vasiṣṭhena stotrapūjādikaṃ hareḥ //
gandharvāya ca mālatyai mantramekaṃ ca puṣkare

vismṛtaṃ stotrakavacaṃ vasiṣṭhaśca kṛpānidhiḥ //
gandharvarājaṃ rahasi bodhayāmāsa śūlinaḥ

evaṃ cakāra rājyaṃ ca kuberabhavanopame //
āśrame paramānando gandharvo bāndhavaiḥ saha

yathātathā gatābhiśca strībhiranyābhireva ca //
āgatya tābhiḥ svasvāmī saṃprāptaḥ parayā mudā

śaunaka uvāca //
kiṃ stotraṃ kavacaṃ viṣṇormantrapūjāvidhiḥ purā //
datto viśiṣṭastābhyāṃ ca taṃ bhavānvaktumarhati

dvādaśākṣaramantraṃ ca śūlinaḥ kavacādikam //
dattaṃ gandharvarājāya vasiṣṭhena ca kiṃ purā

tadapi brūhi he saute śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama //
śaṅkarastotrakavacaṃ mantraṃ durgatināśanam

sautiruvāca //
tuṣṭāva yena stotreṇa mālatī parameśvaram //
tadeva stotraṃ dattaṃ ca mantraṃ ca kavacaṃ śṛṇu

ॐ namo bhagavate rāsamaṇḍaleśāya svāhā //
imaṃ mantraṃ kalpataruṃ pradadau ṣoḍaśākṣaram

purā dattaṃ kumārāya brahmaṇā puṣkare hareḥ //
purā dattaṃ ca kṛṣṇena goloke śaṅkarāya ca

dhyānaṃ ca viṣṇorvedoktaṃ śāśvataṃ sarvadurlabham //
mūlena sarvaṃ deyaṃ ca naivedyādikamuttamam

atīva guptakavacaṃ piturvaktrānmayā śrutam //
pitre dattaṃ purā vipra gaṅgāyāṃ śūlinā dhruvam//

śūline brahmaṇe dattaṃ goloke rāsamaṇḍale //
dharmāya gopīkāntena kṛpayā paramādbhutam

brahmovāca //
rādhākānta mahābhāga kavacaṃ yatprakāśitam //
brahmāṇḍapāvanaṃ nāma kṛpayā kathaya prabho

māṃ maheśaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca bhaktavatsala //
tvatprasādena putrebhyo dāsyāmi bhaktisaṃyutaḥ

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca //
śṛṇu vakṣyāmi brahmeśa dharmedaṃ kavacaṃ param //
ahaṃ dāsyāmi yuṣmabhyaṃ gopanīyaṃ sudurlamam

yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ prāṇatulyaṃ mamaiva hi //
yattejo mama dehe'sti tattejaḥ kavace'pi ca

kuru sṛṣṭimimaṃ dhṛtvā dhātā trijagatāṃ bhava //
saṃharttā bhava he śambho mama tulyo bhave bhava //

he dharma tvamimaṃ dhṛtvā bhava sākṣī ca karmaṇām //
tapasāṃ phaladātāro yūyaṃ bhavata madvarāt

brahmāṇḍapāvanasyāsya kavacasya hariḥ svayam //
ṛṣiśchandaśca gāyatrī devo'haṃ jagadīśvaraḥ

dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ //
trilakṣavāra paṭhanātsiddhidaṃ kavacaṃ vidhe

yo bhavetsiddhakavaco mama tulyo bhavecca saḥ //
tejasā siddhiyogena jñānena vikrameṇa ca //

praṇavo me śiraḥ pātu namo rāmeśvarāya ca //
bhālaṃ pāyānnetrayugmaṃ namo rādheśvarāya ca

kṛṣṇaḥ pāyācchrotrayugmaṃ he hare prāṇameva ca //
jihvikāṃ vahnijāyā tu kṛṣṇāyeti ca sarvataḥ

śrīkṛṣṇāya svāheti ca kaṇṭhaṃ pātu ṣaḍakṣaraḥ //
hrīṃ kṛṣṇāya namo vaktraṃ klīṃpūrvaśca bhujadvayam

namo gopāṅganeśāya skandhāvaṣṭākṣaro'vatu //
dantapaṅktimoṣṭhayugmaṃ namo gopīśvarāya ca

ॐ namo bhagavate rāsamaṇḍaleśāya svāhā //
svayaṃ vakṣaḥsthalaṃ pātu mantro'yaṃ ṣoḍaśākṣaraḥ

aiṃ kṛṣṇāya svāheti ca karṇayugmaṃ sadā'vatu //
ॐ viṣṇave svāheti ca kapolaṃ savarto'vatu

ॐ haraye nama iti pṛṣṭhaṃ pādaṃ sadā 'vatu //
ॐ govarddhanadhāriṇe svāhā sarvaśarīrakam

prācyāṃ māṃ pātu śrīkṛṣṇa āgneyyāṃ pātu mādhavaḥ //
dakṣiṇe pātu gopīśo nairṛtyāṃ nandanandanaḥ

vāruṇyāṃ pātu govindo vāyavyāṃ rādhikeśvaraḥ //
uttare pātu rāseśa aiśānyāmacyutaḥ svayam

satataṃ sarvataḥ pātu paro nārāyaṇaḥ svayam//
iti te kathitaṃ brahmankavacaṃ paramādbhutam

mama jīvanatulyaṃ ca yuṣmabhyaṃ dattameva ca //
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca //
kalāṃ nārhanti tānyeva kavacasyaiva dhāraṇāt

gurumabhyarcya vidhivadvastrālaṅkāracandanaiḥ //
snātvā taṃ ca namaskṛtya kavacaṃ dhārayetsudhīḥ

kavacasya prasādena jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ //
yadi syātsiddhakavaco viṣṇureva bhaveddvija

sautiruvāca //
śivasya kavacaṃ stotraṃ śrūyatāmiti śaunaka //
vaśiṣṭhena ca yaddattaṃ gandharvāya ca yo manuḥ

ॐ namo bhagavate śivāya svāheti ca manuḥ //
datto vaśiṣṭhena purā puṣkare kṛpayā vibho

ayaṃ mantro rāvaṇāya pradatto brahmaṇā purā //
svayaṃ śambhuśca bāṇāya tathā durvāsase purā

mūlena sarvaṃ deyaṃ ca naivedyādikamuttamam //
dhyāyennityādikaṃ dhyānaṃ vedoktaṃ sarvasammatam

ॐ namo mahādevāya //
bāṇāsura uvāca //
maheśvara mahābhāga kavacaṃ yatprakāśitam //
saṃsāra pāvanaṃ nāma kṛpayā kathaya prabho

maheśvara uvāca //
śṛṇu vakṣyāmi he vatsa kavacaṃ paramādbhutam //
ahaṃ tumyaṃ pradāsyāmi gopanīyaṃ sudurlabham

purā durvāsase dattaṃ trailokyavijayāya ca

mamaivedaṃ ca kavacaṃ bhaktyā yo dhārayetsudhīḥ //
jetuṃ śaknoti trailokyaṃ bhagavannavalīlayā

saṃsārapāvanasyāsya kavacasya prajāpatiḥ//
ṛṣiśchandaśca gāyatrī devo'haṃ ca maheśvaraḥ//
dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

paṃcalakṣajapenaiva siddhidaṃ kavacaṃ bhavet //
yo bhavetsiddhakavaco mama tulyo bhavedbhuvi //
tejasā siddhi yogena tapasā vikrameṇa ca

śambhurme mastakaṃ pātu mukhaṃ pātu maheśvaraḥ //
dantapaktiṃ nīlakaṇṭho'pyadharoṣṭhaṃ haraḥ svayam

kaṇṭhaṃ pātu candracūḍaḥ skandhau vṛṣabhavāhanaḥ //
vakṣaḥsthalaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaḥ pātu pṛṣṭhaṃ digambaraḥ

sarvāṅgaṃ pātu viśveśaḥ sarvadikṣu ca sarvadā //
svapne jāgaraṇe caiva sthāṇurme pātu santatam

iti te kathitaṃ bāṇa kavacaṃ paramādbhutam //
yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ

yatphalaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ snānena labhate naraḥ //
tatphalaṃ labhate nūnaṃ kavacasyaiva dhāraṇāt

idaṃ kavacamajñātvā bhajenmāṃ yaḥ sumandadhīḥ //
śatalakṣaprajapto'pi na mantraḥ siddhidāyakaḥ

sautiruvāca //
idaṃ ca kavacaṃ proktaṃ stotraṃ ca śṛṇu śaunaka //
mantrarājaḥ kalpatarurvasiṣṭho dattavānpurā

ॐ namaḥ śivāya //
bāṇāsura uvāca //
vande surāṇāṃ sāraṃ ca sureśaṃ nīlalohitam //
yogīśvaraṃ yogabījaṃ yogināṃ ca gurorgurum

jñānānandaṃ jñānarūpaṃ jñānabījaṃ sanātanam //
tapasāṃ phaladātāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām

taporūpaṃ tapobījaṃ tapodhanadhanaṃ varam //
varaṃ vareṇyaṃ varadamīḍyaṃ siddhagaṇairvaraiḥ

kāraṇaṃ bhuktimuktīnāṃ narakārṇavatāraṇam //
āśutoṣaṃ prasannāsyaṃ karuṇāmayasāgaram

himacandanakundendukumudāmbhojasannibham//
brahmajyotiḥsvarūpaṃ ca bhaktānugrahavigraham

viṣayāṇāṃ vibhedena bibhrataṃ bahurūpakam //
jalarūpamagnirūpamākāśarūpamīśvaram//

vāyurūpaṃ candrarūpaṃ sūryyarūpaṃ mahatprabhum //
ātmanaḥ svapadaṃ dātuṃ samarthamavalīlayā

bhaktajīvanamīśaṃ ca bhaktānugrahakātaram //
vedā na śaktā yaṃ stotuṃ kimahaṃ staumi taṃ prabhum

aparicchinnamīśānamaho vāṅmanasoḥ param //
vyāghracarmāmbaradharaṃ vṛṣabhasthaṃ digambaram //
triśūlapaṭṭiśadharaṃ sasmitaṃ candraśekharam

ityuktvā stavarājena nityaṃ bāṇaḥ susaṃyataḥ //
prāṇamacchaṅkaraṃ bhaktyā durvāsāśca munīśvaraḥ

idaṃ dattaṃ vasiṣṭhena gandharvāya purā mune //
kathitaṃ ca mahāstotraṃ śūlinaḥ paramādbhutam

idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ paṭhedbhaktyā ca yo naraḥ //
snānasya sarvatīrthānāṃ phalamāpnoti niścitam

aputro labhate putraṃ varṣamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ //
saṃyataśca haviṣyāśī praṇamya śaṅkaraṃ gurum

galatkuṣṭhī mahāśūlī varṣamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ //
avaśyaṃ mucyate rogādvyāsavākyamiti śrutam

kārāgāre'pi baddho yo naiva prāpnoti nirvṛtim //
stotraṃ śrutvā māsamekaṃ mucyate bandhanād dhruvam

bhraṣṭarājyo labhedrājyaṃ bhaktyā māsaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ //
māsaṃ śrutvā saṃyataśca labhedbhraṣṭadhano dhanam

yakṣmagrasto varṣamekamāstiko yaḥ śṛṇoti cet //
niścitaṃ mucyate rogācchaṅkarasya prasādataḥ

yaḥ śṛṇoti sadā bhaktyā stavarājamimaṃ dvija //
tasyāsādhyaṃ tribhuvane nāsti kiṃcicca śaunaka

kadācidbandhuvicchedo na bhavettasya bhārate //
acalaṃ paramaiśvaryyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

susaṃyato'tibhaktyā ca māsamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ //
abhāryyo labhate bhāryyāṃ suvinītāṃ satīvarām

mahāmūrkhaśca durmedhā māsamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ //
buddhiṃ vidyāṃ ca labhate gurūpadeśamātrataḥ

karmaduḥkhī daridraśca māsaṃ bhaktyā śṛṇoti yaḥ//
dhruvaṃ vittaṃ bhavettasya śaṅkarasya prasādataḥ

iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā kṛtvā kīrtiṃ sudurlabhām //
nānāprakāradharmaṃ ca yātyante śaṅkarālayam

pārṣadapravaro bhūtvā sevate tatra śaṅkaram //
yaḥ śṛṇoti trisandhyaṃ ca nityaṃ stotramanuttamam

iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunaka saṃvāde viṣṇuśaṅkarastotrakathanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ