Skanda Purana · Verses 3.12-2

// ṛṣabha uvāca // //
namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ viśvavyāpinamīśvaram //
vakṣye śivamayaṃ varma sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇām

śucau deśe samāsīno yathāvatkalpitāsanaḥ //
jiteṃdriyo jitaprāṇaściṃtayecchivamavyayam

hṛtpuṃḍarīkāṃtarasanniviṣṭaṃ svatejasā vyāptanabhovakāśam //
atīṃdriyaṃ sūkṣmamanaṃtamādyaṃ dhyāyetparānaṃdamayaṃ maheśam

dhyānāvadhūtākhilakarmabaṃdhaściraṃ cidānaṃdanimagnacetāḥ //
ṣaḍakṣaranyāsasamāhitātmā śaivena kuryā tkavacena rakṣām

māṃ pātu devo'khiladevatātmā saṃsārakūpe patitaṃ gabhīre //
tannāma divyaṃ varamaṃtramūlaṃ dhunotu me sarvamaghaṃ hṛdistham

sarvatra māṃ rakṣatu viśvamūrttirjyotirmayānaṃdaghanaścidātmā //
aṇoraṇīyānuruśaktirekaḥ sa īśvaraḥ pātu bhayādaśeṣāt

yo bhūsvarūpeṇa bibharti viśvaṃ pāyātsa bhūmergiriśo'ṣṭamūrtiḥ //
yo'pāṃ svarūpeṇa nṛṇāṃ karoti saṃjīnaṃ so'vatu māṃ jalebhyaḥ

kalpāvasāne bhuvanāni dagdhvā sarvāṇi yo nṛtyati bhūrilīlaḥ //
sa kālarudro'vatu māṃ davāgnervātyādibhīterakhilācca tāpāt

pradīptavidyutkanakāvabhāso vidyāvarābhītikuṭhārapāṇiḥ//
caturmukhastatpuruṣastrinetraḥ prācyāṃ sthitaṃ rakṣatu māmajasram

kuṭhāravedāṃkuśapāśaśūlakapālaḍhakkākṣaguṇāndadhānaḥ //
caturmukho nīlarucistrinetraḥ pāyādaghoro diśi dakṣiṇasyām

kuṃdenduśaṃkhasphaṭikāvabhāso vedākṣamālāvaradābhayāṃkaḥ //
tryakṣaścaturvaktra uruprabhāvaḥ sadyodhijātovatu māṃ pratīcyām

varākṣamālābhayaṭaṃkahastaḥ sarojakiṃjalkasamānavarṇaḥ //
trilocanaścārucaturmukho māṃ pāyādudīcyāṃ diśi vāmadevaḥ

vedābhayeṣṭāṃkuśaṭaṃkapāśakapālaḍhakkākṣakaśūlapāṇiḥ //
sitadyutiḥ paṃcamukho'vatānmāmīśāna ūrddhvaṃ paramaprakāśaḥ

mūrdhānamavyānmama caṃdramau lirbhālaṃ mamāvyādatha bhālanetraḥ //
netre mamāvyādbhaganetrahārī nāsāṃ sadā rakṣatu viśvanāthaḥ

pāyācchrutī me śrutigītakīrtiḥ kapolamavyā tsatataṃ kapālī //
vaktraṃ sadā rakṣatu paṃcavaktro jihvāṃ sadā rakṣatu vedajihvaḥ

kaṃṭhaṃ girīśo'vatu nīlakaṃṭhaḥ pāṇidvayaṃ pātu pinākapāṇiḥ //
dormūlamavyānmama dharmabāhurvakṣaḥsthalaṃ dakṣamakhāṃtako'vyāt

mamodaraṃ pātu girīṃdradhanvā madhyaṃ mamāvyānmadanāntakārī //
heraṃbatāto mama pātu nābhiṃ pāyātkaṭī dhūrjaṭirīśvaro me

ūrudvayaṃ pātu kuberamitro jānudvayaṃ me jagadīśvaro'vyāt //
jaṃghāyugaṃ puṃgavaketuravyātpādau mamāvyā tsuravaṃdyapādaḥ

maheśvaraḥ pātu dinādiyāme māṃ madhyayāme'vatu vāmadevaḥ //
triyaṃbakaḥ pātu tṛtīyayāme vṛṣadhvajaḥ pātu dināṃtyayāme //

pāyānniśādau śaśiśekharo māṃ gaṃgādharo rakṣatu māṃ niśīthe //
gaurīpatiḥ pātu niśāvasāne mṛtyuṃjayo rakṣatu sarvakālam

aṃtaḥsthitaṃ rakṣatu śaṃkaro māṃ sthāṇuḥ sadā pātu bahiḥsthitaṃ mām //
tadaṃtare pātu patiḥ paśūnāṃ sadā śivo rakṣatu māṃ samaṃtāt

tiṣṭhaṃtamavyā dbhuvanaikanāthaḥ pāyādvrajaṃtaṃ pramathādhināthaḥ //
vedāṃtavedyo'vatu mānniṣaṇṇaṃ māmavyayaḥ pātu śivaḥ śayānam

mārgeṣu māṃ rakṣatu nīlakaṃṭhaḥ śailādidurgeṣu puratrayāriḥ //
araṇyavāsādimahāpravāse pāyānmṛgavyādha udāraśaktiḥ

kalpāṃtakāṭopapaṭuprakopaḥ sphuṭāṭṭahāsoccalitāṃḍakośaḥ //
ghorārisenārṇavadurnivāramahābhayādrakṣatu vīrabhadraḥ

pattyaśvamātaṃgaghaṭāvarūthasahasralakṣāyutakoṭibhīṣaṇam //
akṣauhiṇīnāṃ śatamātatāyināṃ chiṃdyā nmūḍho ghorakuṭhāradhārayā

nihaṃtu dasyūnpralayānalārcirjvalattriśūlaṃ tripurāṃtakasya //
śārdūlasiṃharkṣavṛkādihiṃsrānsaṃtrāsayatvīśadhanuḥpinākam//

duḥsvapnaduḥśakunadurgatidaurmanasyadurbhikṣadurvyasanaduḥsahaduryaśāṃsi/
utpātatāpaviṣabhītimasadgrahārtivyādhīṃśca nāśayatu me jagatāmadhīśaḥ

oṃnamo bhagavate sadāśivāya sakalatattvātmakāya sakalatattvavihārāya sakalalokaikakartre sakalalaukaikabhartre sakalalokaikahartre sakalalokaikagurave sakalalokaikasākṣiṇe sakalanigamaguhyāya sakalavarapradāya sakaladuritārtibhaṃjanāya sakalajagadabhayaṃkarāya sakalalokaikaśaṃkarāya śaśāṃkaśekharāya śāśva tanijābhāsāya nirguṇāya nirupamāya nīrūpāya nirābhāsāya nirāmayāya niṣprapaṃcāya niṣkalaṃkāya nirdvaṃdvāya niḥsaṃgāya nirmalāya nirgamāya nityarūpavibhavāya nirupamavibhavāya nirādhārāya nityaśuddhabuddhaparipūrṇasaccidānaṃdādvayāya paramaśāṃtaprakāśatejorūpāya jayajaya mahārudra mahāraudra bhadrāvatāra duḥkhadāvadāraṇa mahābhairava kālabhairava kalpāntabhairava kapālamālādhara khaṭvāṃgakhaḍgacarmapāśāṃkuśaḍamaruśūlacāpabāṇagadāśaktibhiṃ ḍipālatomaramusalamudgarapaṭṭiśaparaśuparighabhuśuṃḍīśataghnīcakrādyāyudhabhīṣaṇakarasahasra mukhadaṃṣṭrākarāla vikaṭāṭṭahāsavisphāritabrahmāmaṇḍala nāgeṃdra kuṇḍala nāgeṃdrahāra nāgeṃdravalaya nāgeṃdracarmadhara mṛtyuṃjaya tryaṃbaka tripurāṃtaka virūpākṣa viśveśvara viśvarūpa vṛṣabhavāhana viṣabhūṣaṇa viśvatomukha sarvato rakṣarakṣa māṃ jvalajvala mahāmṛtyubhayamapamṛtyubhayaṃ nāśayanāśaya rogabhayamutsādayotsādaya viṣasarpabhayaṃ śamayaśamaya corabhayaṃ mārayamāraya mama śatrūnuccā ṭayoccāṭaya śūlena vidārayavidāraya kuṭhāreṇa bhiṃdhibhiṃdhi khaḍgena chiṃdhichiṃdhi khaṭvāṃgena vipothayavipothaya musalena niṣpeṣayaniṣpeṣaya bāṇaiḥ saṃtāḍaya saṃtāḍaya rakṣāṃsi bhīṣayabhīṣaya bhūtāni vidrāvayavidrāvaya kūṣmāṃḍavetālamārīgaṇabrahmarākṣasānsaṃtrāsayasaṃtrāsaya mamābhayaṃ kurukuru vitrastaṃ māmāśvāsa yāśvāsaya narakabhayānmāmuddhārayoddhāraya saṃjīvayasaṃjīvaya kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ māmāpyāyayāpyāyaya duḥkhāturaṃ māmānandayānaṃdaya śivakavacena māmācchādayā cchādaya tryaṃbaka sadāśiva namastenamastenamaste //
// ṛṣabha uvāca // //
ityetatkavacaṃ śaivaṃ varadaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā //
sarvabādhāpraśamanaṃ rahasyaṃ sarva dehinām

yaḥ sadā dhārayenmartyaḥ śaivaṃ kavacamuttamam //
na tasya jāyate kvāpi bhayaṃ śambhoranugrahāt

kṣīṇāyurmṛtyumāpanno mahārogahato'pi vā //
sadyaḥ sukhamavāpnoti dīrghamāyuśca viṃdati

sarvadāridryaśamanaṃ saumaṃgalyavivardhanam //
yo dhatte kavacaṃ śaivaṃ sa devairapi pūjyate

mahāpātakasaṃghātairmucyate copapātakaiḥ //
dehāṃte śivamāpnoti śivavarmānubhāvataḥ

tvamapi śraddhayā vatsa śaivaṃ kavaca muttamam//
dhārayasva mayā dattaṃ sadyaḥ śreyo hyavāpsyasi

// sūta uvāca // //
ityuktvā ṛṣabho yogī tasmai pārthivasūnave //
dadau śaṃkhaṃ mahārāvaṃ khaḍgaṃ cāriniṣūdanam

punaśca bhasma saṃmaṃtrya tadaṃgaṃ sarvato'spṛśat //
gajānāṃ ṣaṭsahasrasya dviguṇaṃ ca balaṃ dadau

bhasmaprabhāvātsaṃprāpya balaiśvaryadhṛtismṛtīḥ //
sa rājaputraḥ śuśubhe śaradarka iva śriyā

tamāha prāṃjaliṃ bhūyaḥ sa yogī rājanaṃdanam //
eṣa khaḍgo mayā dattastapomaṃtrānubhāvataḥ

śitadhāramimaṃ khaḍgaṃ yasmai darśayasi sphuṭam //
sa sadyo mriyate śatruḥ sākṣānmṛtyurapi svayam //

asya śaṃkhasya nihrādaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti tavāhitāḥ.//
te mūrcchitāḥ patiṣyaṃti nyastaśastrā vicetanā

khaḍgaśaṃkhāvimau divyau parasainyavināśinau //
ātmasainyasvapakṣāṇāṃ śauryatejovivardhanau

etayośca prabhāvena śaivena kavacena ca //
dviṣaṭsahasranāgānāṃ balena mahatāpi ca

bhasmadhāraṇasāmarthyācchatrusainyaṃ vijeṣyasi //
prāpya siṃhāsanaṃ paitryaṃ goptāsi pṛthivīmimām

iti bhadrāyuṣaṃ samyaganuśāsya samātṛkam//
tābhyāṃ saṃpūjitaḥ so'tha yogī svairagatiryayau

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmottara khaṃḍe sīmaṃtinīmāhātmye bhadrāyūpākhyāne śivakavacakathanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ