Kavach

दक्षिण काली कवच — रक्षा श्लोक

Dakshina Kali Kavach — Protective Verses

Ten traditional verses placing names of Kali and the Matrikas around the body as devotional protection.

समर्पितमाँ काली
Sacred textHinglish pronunciation

kaalikaa jagataan maataa shokaduhkhavinaashinee.visheshath kaliyuge mahaapaatakahaarinee (4)

kaalee me purath paatu prishthatashcha kapaalinee.kullaa me dakshine paatu kurukullaa tathottare (5)

virodhinee shirh paatu viprachittaa tu chakshushee.ugraa me naasikaan paatu karnau chograprabhaa mataa (6)

vadann paatu me deeptaa neelaa cha chibukn sadaa.ghanaa greevaan sadaa paatu balaakaa baahuyugmakam (7)

maatraa paatu karadvandvn vaksho mudraa sadaavatu.mitaa paatu stanadvandvn yonimandaladevataa (8)

braahmee me jatharn paatu naabhin naaraayanee tathaa.ooru maaheshvaree nityn chaamundaa paatu linggakam (9)

kaumaaree cha kateen paatu tathaiva jaanuyugmakam.aparaajitaa cha paadau me vaaraahee paatu chaangguleen (10)

sandhisthaann naarasinhee patrasthaa devataavatu.rakshaaheenantu yatsthaann varjitn kavachena tu (11)

tatsarvn raksha me devi kaalike ghoradakshine.oordhvamadhastathaa dikshu paatu devee svayn vapuh (12)

hinsrebhyh sarvadaa paatu saadhakanycha jalaadhikaat.dakshinaakaalikaa devee vyaapakatve sadaavatu (13)

Text source

Government Oriental Manuscripts Library catalogue and public-domain Kali Kavach recension

Traditional public-domain text; Government manuscript catalogue cited for the recension record

The catalogue records a Devanagari Kalikakavacham manuscript. Verses 4–13 were independently compared across public-domain transcriptions; later efficacy claims are omitted.