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Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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Origin & Story

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The Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham is a cherished traditional hymn. The "diamond-cage armour" of Shani — a protective kavacham invoking Lord Shani (Saturn), the son of the Sun, to shield the devotee on every side from the troubles of his transit (Sade Sati and Dhaiya) and to grant his grace.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the divine, which never forsakes those who lovingly call upon it.

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The Mantra

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𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑌃 ॥ 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌃 । 𑍐 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌰 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌪 𑌋𑌷𑌿𑌃, 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌪𑍍 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌃, 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾, 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍇 𑌜𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌃 ॥ 𑌋𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌿 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌃 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌪 𑌋𑌷𑌯𑍇𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌿 । 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌪𑍍 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍇 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌯𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌿 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍇 𑌜𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 ॥ 𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑍋 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌟𑍀 𑌗𑍃𑌧𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌸𑌕𑌰𑍋 𑌧𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍 । 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌃 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌮𑌮 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍 𑌵𑌰𑌦𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌃 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 ॥ 𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌶𑌨𑌿𑌪𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌹𑌰𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍 । 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌶𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑍗𑌰𑍇𑌰𑌿𑌦𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌂 𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌂𑌜𑌰𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌕𑌮𑍍 । 𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍗𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌯𑌕𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௩॥ 𑍐 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌭𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌃 । 𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌛𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌜𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍗 𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌜𑌃 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑍈𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌮𑍇 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑌾 । 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌮𑍇 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠𑌂 𑌭𑍁𑌜𑍗 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌃 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍗 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌶𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍈𑌵 𑌕𑌰𑍗 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁-𑌶𑍁𑌭𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌃 । 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌯𑌮𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌥𑌾 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌂 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑌟𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑌥𑌾 । 𑌊𑌰𑍂 𑌮𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌯𑌮𑍋 𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌯𑍁𑌗𑌂 𑌤𑌥𑌾 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍗 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌗𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌪𑌲𑌃 । 𑌅𑌂𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌨𑍍 𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌃 ॥ ௮॥ 𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌠𑍇𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌯𑌃 । 𑌨 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍀𑌡𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌜𑌃 ॥ ௯॥ 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯-𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮-𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍋 𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌨𑌗𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌾 । 𑌕𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍋 𑌗𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌶𑌨𑌿𑌃 ॥ ௧௦॥ 𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍇 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯𑍇 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌗𑍇 । 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌪𑌠𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨 𑌪𑍀𑌡𑌾 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑍍𑌵𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 ॥ ௧௧॥ 𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑍗𑌰𑍇𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾 । 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌦𑌶𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌮𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑌦𑌾 । 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌲𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍁𑌃 ॥ ௧௨॥ ॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌣𑍇 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮-𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌦𑌸𑌂𑌵𑌾𑌦𑍇 𑌶𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌂𑌜𑌰𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ || viniyogaḥ | oṃ asya śrīśanaiścaravajrapañjara kavacasya kaśyapa ṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ, śrī śanaiścara devatā, śrīśanaiścara prītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ || ṛṣyādi nyāsaḥ | śrīkaśyapa ṛṣayenamaḥ śirasi | anuṣṭup chandase namaḥ mukhe | śrīśanaiścara devatāyai namaḥ hṛdi | śrīśanaiścaraprītyarthe jape viniyogāya namaḥ sarvāṅge || dhyānam | nīlāmbaro nīlavapuḥ kirīṭī gṛdhrasthitastrāsakaro dhanuṣmān | caturbhujaḥ sūryasutaḥ prasannaḥ sadā mama syād varadaḥ praśāntaḥ || 1|| brahmā uvāca || śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve śanipīḍāharaṃ mahat | kavacaṃ śanirājasya saureridamanuttamam || 2|| kavacaṃ devatāvāsaṃ vajrapaṃjarasaṃjñakam | śanaiścaraprītikaraṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakam || 3|| oṃ śrīśanaiścaraḥ pātu bhālaṃ me sūryanandanaḥ | netre chāyātmajaḥ pātu pātu karṇau yamānujaḥ || 4|| nāsāṃ vaivasvataḥ pātu mukhaṃ me bhāskaraḥ sadā | snigdhakaṇṭhaśca me kaṇṭhaṃ bhujau pātu mahābhujaḥ || 5|| skandhau pātu śaniścaiva karau pātu-śubhapradaḥ | vakṣaḥ pātu yamabhrātā kukṣiṃ pātvasitastathā || 6|| nābhiṃ grahapatiḥ pātu mandaḥ pātu kaṭiṃ tathā | ūrū mamāntakaḥ pātu yamo jānuyugaṃ tathā || 7|| pādau mandagatiḥ pātu sarvāṃgaṃ pātu pippalaḥ | aṃgopāṃgāni sarvāṇi rakṣen me sūryanandanaḥ || 8|| ityetat kavacaṃ divyaṃ paṭhet sūryasutasya yaḥ | na tasya jāyate pīḍā prīto bhavati sūryajaḥ || 9|| vyaya-janma-dvitīyastho mṛtyusthānagato'pi vā | kalatrastho gato vāpi suprītastu sadā śaniḥ || 10|| aṣṭamasthe sūryasute vyaye janmadvitīyage | kavacaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ na pīḍā jāyate kvacit || 11|| ityetatkavacaṃ divyaṃ saureryannirmitaṃ purā | dvādaśāṣṭamajanmasthadoṣānnāśayate sadā | janmalagnasthitān doṣān sarvānnāśayate prabhuḥ || 12|| || iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe brahma-nāradasaṃvāde śanivajrapaṃjarakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Meaning:The "diamond-cage armour" of Shani — a protective kavacham invoking Lord Shani (Saturn), the son of the Sun, to shield the devotee on every side from the troubles of his transit (Sade Sati and Dhaiya) and to grant his grace.

Benefits of Chanting Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham

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Recitation of the Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the deity.

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Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

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Most auspicious on Saturdays, and during Shani Amavasya and Saturdays.

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A treasured Sanskrit hymn, suitable for daily recitation with faith.

How to Chant Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham

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Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Saturdays

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Bathe and sit facing west before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially on Saturdays and during Shani Amavasya and Saturdays.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

The "diamond-cage armour" of Shani — a protective kavacham invoking Lord Shani (Saturn), the son of the Sun, to shield the devotee on every side from the troubles of his transit (Sade Sati and Dhaiya) and to grant his grace.

It is a traditional hymn (Traditional). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, especially on Saturdays and during Shani Amavasya and Saturdays.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham

How to Chant Shani Vajra Panjara Kavacham

Frequently Asked Questions

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