.. shrIbAlA kavacam ..devyuvAca - devadeva mahAdeva bhaktAnAM prItivarddhanam.sUcitaM yanmayA devyAH kavacaM kathayasva me.. 1 ..mahAdeva uvAca -shR^iNu devi pravakSyAmi kavacaM deva durlabham.aprakAshyaM paraM guhyaM sAdhakAbhISTasiddhaye.. 2 ..kavacasya R^iSirdevi dakSiNAmUrtiravyayaH.chhandaH pa~NktirdevatA.atra bAlAtripurasundarI.. 3 ..dharmArthakAmamokSANAM viniyogastu sAdhane.vAgbhavaM kAmarAjaM ca shaktibIjamudAhR^itam.. 4 ..mUla stotramvAgbhavaM pAtu shirasi kAmarAjaM sadA hR^idi.shaktibIjaM sadA pAtu nAbhau guhye ca pAdayoH.. 1 ..aiM klIM sauH vadane pAtu bAlA sarvArthasiddhaye.jihvAM pAtu mahAhaMsI skandhadeshe tu bhairavI.. 2 ..sundarI nAbhideshaM tu shirasi kamalA sadA.bhruvau nAsAdvayaM pAtu mahAtripurasundarI.. 3 ..lalATe shubhagA pAtu kaNThadeshe tu mAlinI.vAgbhavaM pAtu hR^idaye udare bhagasarpiNI.. 4 ..bhagamAlinI nAbhideshe li~Nge pAtu manobhavA.guhye pAtu mahAdevI rAjarAjeshvarI shivA.. 5 ..caitanyarUpiNI pAtu pAdayorjagadambikA.nArAyaNI sarvagAtre sarvakAle shivaMkarI.. 6 ..brahmANI pAtu mAM pUrve dakSiNe pAtu vaiSNavI.pashcime pAtu vArAhI uttare tu maheshvarI.. 7 ..AgneyAM pAtu kaumArI mahAlakSmIstu nairR^ite.vAyavyAM pAtu cAmuNDA indrANI pAtu Ishake.. 8 ..AkAshe ca mahAmAyA pR^ithivyAM sarvama~NgalA.AtmAnaM pAtu varadA sarvA~Nge bhuvaneshvarI.. 9 ..phalashrutiyadIdaM kavacaM devyAH trailokye cApi durlabham.yaH paThet prAtarutthAya shuciH prayatamAnasaH.. 1 ..na rogo nApado vyAdhirbhayaM kvApi na jAyate.na ca mUrkhabhayaM tasya pAtakAnAM bhayaM kadA.. 2 ..na dAridryavashaM gacchhet mR^ityunAshaM yathA.arayaH.gacchhechhivapuraM devi satyaM satyaM vadAmyaham.. 3 ..yadIdaM kavacaM GYAtvA shrIbAlAM yo japet priye.sa prApnoti phalaM sarvaM shivasAyujyasambhavam.. 4 .... shrIsiddhayAmale shrIbAlAkavacam ..