Śiva Kavaca

Śiva Kavaca, “the armour of Śiva”

Śiva Kavaca is the name of more than one stotra in the Purāṇas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Texts

• Śiva Kavaca: the protective hymn Bhagavān Śiva taught Bāṇāsura, with a twelve-akshara mūla mantra, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 19
• Śiva Kavaca of Ṛshabha: the kavaca the yogī Ṛshabha taught prince Bhadrāyu, calling on Śiva’s five faces to guard every direction and limb. Skanda Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa, Uttarārdha, Chapter 12