om asya sreeketukavachastotramahaamantrasya purandara rshih anushtupchandah  keturdevataa kam beejam  namah saktih keturiti keelakam  mama ketukrta peedaa nivaaranaarthe sarvaroganivaaranaarthe sarvasatruvinaasanaarthe sarvakaaryasiddhyarthe ketuprasaadasiddhyarthe jape viniyogah |

 

dhyaanam –

dhoomravarnam dhvajaakaaram dvibhujam varadaamgadam

chitraambaradharam ketum chitragandhaanulepanam |

vaidooryaabharanam chaiva vaidoorya makutam phanim

chitramkaphaadhikarasam merum chaivaapradakshinam ||

 

ketum karaalavadanam chitravarnam kireetinam |

pranamaami sadaa devam dhvajaakaaram grahesvaram || ~1 ||

 

kavacham –

chitravarnah sirah paatu phaalam me dhoomravarnakah |

paatu netre pi~mgalaakshah srutee me raktalochanah || ~2 ||

 

ghraanam paatu suvarnaabho dvibhujam simhikaasutah |

paatu kantham cha me ketuh skandhau paatu grahaadhipah || ~3 ||

 

baahoo paatu surasreshthah kukshim paatu mahoragah |

simhaasanah katim paatu madhyam paatu mahaasurah || ~4 ||

 

ooroo paatu mahaaseersho jaanunee cha prakopanah |

paatu paadau cha me raudrah sarvaa~mgam ravimardakah || ~5 ||

 

idam cha kavacham divyam sarvarogavinaasanam |

sarvaduhkhavinaasam cha satyametannasamsayah || ~6 ||

 

iti padmapuraane ketukavacham |