|| āśugaruḍa kavacaṁ - ākāśa-bhairava tantram || Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram The following is a rare armor hymn (Kavacham) on Lord Garuda taken from Akasha Bhairava Tantra and Chapter 14. This Kavacham is given to Goddess Parvati by Lord Shiva and the following benefits are mentioned in the Phalashruti: 

This hymn is capable of bestowing comforts, progeny, longevity, purity, and protection from all adverse influences such as fear of fire, king, theft, ghosts, untimely death, bondage, etc.

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One who chants this thrice a day becomes blessed with Vag Vishuddhi (even sages revere the chanter) and attains Vishnu Sayujya after departing the material world.

śrīdevyuvāca devadeva mahādeva sarvajña karuṇānidhe | pāhi māṁ kṛpayā śambho paramānanda-śaṅkara || 1 || yat tu guhyaṁ śubhataraṁ sarva-rakṣā-karaṁ param | garutmānyena mantreṇa santuṣyati hi tad vada || 2 || śrīśiva uvāca sādhu devī mahāprājñe jñānaṁ vakṣyāmi śaṅkari | āśutārkṣyasya kavacaṁ mahāmantraṁ vadāmyaham || 3 || bhoga-mokṣa-dama-jñāna timirāndhasya taulikam | bhukti-mukti-pradaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ siddhidaṁ sarva-siddhidam || 4 || ṛṣi-nyāsa-prabhāvāśca śaṅkarāditi mantravit | samāhitena manasā japen mantrottamottamam || 5 || || dhyānam || amṛta-kalaśa-hastaṁ kānti-sampūrṇa-dehaṁ sakala-vibudha-vandyaṁ veda-śāstrair acintyam | vibudha-sulabha-pakṣair dhūyamānā 'ṇḍakolaṁ sakala-viṣa-vināśaṁ cintayet pakṣirājam || piṅgalākṣaṁ garutmantaṁ svarṇa-varṇa-samaprabham | kuñcitaṁ vāmapādaṁ tu dakṣiṇaṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ sthitam || ananto vāma-kaṭakaṁ yajña-sūtraṁ tu vāsukiḥ | takṣako kaṭi-sūtraṁ ca hāraḥ kārkoṭakas tathā || padmo dakṣiṇa-karṇe tu mahāpadmas tu vāmake | śaṅkhaḥ śiraḥ pradeśe tu gulikas tu bhujāntare || K. Muralidharan ([email protected])

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Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram evaṁ dhyāyet trisandhyāyāṁ garuḍaṁ kṣveḍa-nāśakam || || kavacam || tārkṣyo-me-purataḥ-pātu garuḍaḥ-pātu-pṛṣṭhataḥ | somaḥ-pātu-ca-me-vāmaṁ vainateyas-tu-dakṣiṇam || 6 || śikhāyāṁ-garuḍaḥ-pātu niṭilaṁ-tvahisandharaḥ | nāsikāgraṁ-vibhuḥ-pātu nayane-vinatā-sutaḥ || 7 || tejiṣṭhaḥ-śrotrayoḥ-pātu mukhaṁ-santāpa-mocanaḥ | oṣṭhayoḥ-pātu-nāgāriḥ pātu-tālū-prajākaraḥ || 8 || jihvāṁ-khageśvaraḥ-pātu dantān-pātvaruṇā'nujaḥ | sīrakaś-cibukaṁ-pātu pātu-cograḥ-kapolayoḥ || 9 || mahārihā-galaṁ-pātu cāṁsayoḥ-kṛtavikramaḥ | karau-pātu-ca-raktākṣaḥ karāgre-tu-mahābalaḥ || 10 || aṅguṣṭhau-ca-hariḥ-pātu tarjanyau-hari-vāhanaḥ | madhyame-sumukhaḥ-pātu cā'nāmike-trilocanaḥ || 11 || kaniṣṭhike-mahotsāhaḥ svātmāṅgaḥ-pātu-doḥ-stanam | kara-pṛṣṭhaṁ-kalātīto nakhānyamṛta-sandharaḥ || 12 || hṛdayaṁ-pātu-sarvajñaḥ kakṣe-pakṣivirāṭ-tataḥ | uraḥ-sthalaṁ-kalādhāraḥ pātu-me-jaṭharaṁ param || 13 || parātparaḥ-kaṭiṁ-pātu pātu-nābhiṁ-hari-priyaḥ | guhyaṁ-pātu-manovegaḥ jaghanaṁ-khaga-padmajaḥ || 14 || jitendriyo-gudaṁ-pātu meḍhraṁ-santāna-vardhanaḥ | ūrū-paśupatiḥ-pātu jānunī-bhakta-vatsalaḥ || 15 || jaṅghe-pātu-vaṣaṭkāraḥ sarva-loka-vaśaṅkaraḥ | gulphau-nīlaśiraḥ-pātu pāda-pṛṣṭhaṁ-murāri-dhṛk || 16 || dhīraḥ-pāda-talaṁ-pātu cā'ṅgulīḥ-para-mantranut | roma-kūpāṇi-me-pātu mantra-bandhi-vimocakaḥ || 17 || svāhākāras-tvacaṁ-pātu rudhiraṁ-veda-pāragaḥ | sākṣikaḥ-pātu-me-māṁsaṁ medāṁsi-pātu-yajñabhug || 18 || sāmagaḥ-pātu-me-cāsthi śukraṁ-tu-havi-vardhanaḥ | śobhanaḥ-pātu-me-majjāṁ buddhiṁ-bhakta-varapradaḥ || 19 ||

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Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram mūlādhāraṁ-khagaḥ-pātu svādhiṣṭhānaṁ-athā'tmavit | maṇipūrakaṁ-atyugraḥ kaladhī-pātvanāhatam || 20 || viśuddhiṁ-aparaḥ-pātu cā'jñāṁ-ākhaṇḍala-priyaḥ | druta-tārkṣyo-mahābhīmo brahma-randhraṁ-sa-pātu-me || 21 || aindraṁ-phaṇi-bhujaḥ-pātu āgneyaṁ-kali-doṣa-bhit | yāmyaṁ-laghugatiḥ-pātu nairṛtaṁ-sura-vairi-jit || 22 || paścimaṁ-pātu-lokeśo dhautoruḥ-pātu-mārutam | gulikāśīti-kauveraṁ pātu-paiśānyamaujasaḥ || 23 || ūrdhvaṁ-pātu sadānanda-gīta-nṛtya-priyas tathā | garuḍaḥ-pātu-pātālaṁ garaśālī-tanuṁ tathā || 24 || dhana-dhānyādikaṁ-pātu tārkṣyo rākṣasa-vairi-dhṛk | bhīṣaṇaḥ-kanyakāḥ-pātu bhāryāṁ-agnikaṇekṣaṇaḥ || 25 || tvaritaḥ-pātu-cā'tmānaṁ dharma-karma-kratūttamaḥ | putrān-āyuṣkaraḥ-pātu vaṁśaṁ-ripu-niṣūdanaḥ || 26 || saṅgrāme-vijayaḥ-pātu māgraṁ-śatru-vimardanaḥ | siddhiṁ-pātu-mahādevo bhagavān-bhujagāśanaḥ || 27 || satataṁ-pātu-māṁ-śreṣṭhaṁ svastidaḥ-sādhakātmavān | jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptau ca kuṅkumā'ruṇa-vakṣasaḥ || 28 || sarva-saṁpat-pradaḥ-pātu stutir-mantrasya-siddhiṣu | || phalaśrutiḥ || idaṁ tu tārkṣya-kavacaṁ puruṣārtha-pradaṁ param || 29 || svastidaṁ putradaṁ sarva-rakṣākaraṁ anuttamam | yuddhe vahni-bhaye caiva rāja-cora-samāgame || 30 || mahābhūtāri-saṅghaṭṭe nijapet kavacaṁ śive | smaraṇād eva naśyanti pracaṇḍānalatūlavat || 31 || āśu-tārkṣyākhya-kavacaṁ paramaṁ puṇya-vardhanam | mahāguhyaṁ mahāmantraṁ mahamohana-saṁjñakam || 32 || sarva-deva-mayaṁ-mantraṁ sarvāyudha-karaṁ param | sarva-mṛtyu-praśamanaṁ sarva-saubhāgya-vardhanam || 33 || pāvanaṁ paramāyuṣyaṁ pāpa-pāśa-pramocanam | munīśvaraiśca yamibhiḥrnābhijādyamaraiḥ paraiḥ || 34 || K. Muralidharan ([email protected])

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Ashu Garuda Kavacham – Akasha Bhairava Tantram guhyakaiśca suraśreṣṭhaiḥ stūyamānaṁ mahojjvalam | trikālaṁ-prajaped dhyāna-pūrvakaṁ kavacaṁ śive || 35 || sahasā sarva-siddhiḥ syād vāg-vibhūtir-viśeṣataḥ | munīnāṁ-api-sampūjyaḥ kavacenāvṛtaḥ pumān || 36 || caturdaśasu lokeṣu sañcaren māravattu saḥ | anenaiva tu kāyena bhūtale bahu-sampadam || 37 || ciraṁ-prāpya tu dehānte viṣṇu-sāyujyaṁ-āpnuyāt || 38 || śikhi-ṛtu-vasu-koṇaṁ cāṣṭa-patraṁ bhuvaṁ ca | kratu-śata-śaśi-cāgniṁ bhāskara-vyomakaṁ ca | sakalaṁ anila yuktaṁ tadbihiḥ sādhya-śaktim | dhṛta-mṛta-suta-vandhyā putradaṁ tārkṣyaṁ etat || 39 || idaṁ cakraṁ mahākhyātaṁ sarva-vaktroktaṁ uttamam | mahāguhyaṁ mahābhīmaṁ mahāsiddhikaraṁ param || 40 || śukra-vāsaramārabhya pūjya japtvā dina-trayam | anena kavacenaiva japed aṣṭottaraṁ śatam || 41 || tajjalenā'bhiṣiñcyātha homaṁ kṛtvā hi rukṣakaiḥ | nimajjatāṁ jale devī bandhayet putra kāminām || 42 || || iti śrī ākāśabhairava-kalpe āśugaruḍa kavacaṁ sampūrṇam ||

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