What is Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham?

It is a divine armor invoking Lord Hanuman’s five transcendental faces, offering total protection and spiritual awakening against visible and invisible dangers.

When and how should one chant this Kavacham?

It is best recited on Tuesdays, Saturdays, or during Hanuman Jayanti. One should offer a lamp and chant the Kavacham with devotion.

What are the key benefits of chanting Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham?

It removes fear, black magic, and curses, grants success and courage, brings peace and prosperity, and protects from accidents, diseases, and enemies.

Who should recite this Kavacham?

Anyone seeking protection from enemies, evil, diseases, or those desiring success, courage, and spiritual energy can recite it with devotion.

How many times should the Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham be recited?

Reciting daily purifies mind and body, while reciting 9 times yields complete protection. It can also be recited 1 or 3 times.

What is the origin of this Kavacham?

The Kavacham was composed by Brahma and revealed by Lord Rama to Sita, making it one of the most potent hymns of protection in Sanatana Dharma.

Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham (In English)

śrī paṃcamukha hanumatkavacaṃ

asya śrī paṃcamukhahanumanmaṃtrasya brahmā ṛṣiḥ gāyatrīchaṃdaḥ paṃcamukhavirāṭ hanumān devatā hrīṃ bījaṃ śrīṃ śaktiḥ krauṃ kīlakaṃ krūṃ kavacaṃ kraiṃ astrāya phaṭ iti digbaṃdhaḥ |

śrī garuḍa uvāca |
atha dhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu sarvāṃgasuṃdari |
yatkṛtaṃ devadevena dhyānaṃ hanumataḥ priyam || 1 ||

paṃcavaktraṃ mahābhīmaṃ tripaṃcanayanairyutam |
bāhubhirdaśabhiryuktaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhidam || 2 ||

pūrvaṃ tu vānaraṃ vaktraṃ koṭisūryasamaprabham |
daṃṣṭrākarāl̤avadanaṃ bhṛkuṭīkuṭilekṣaṇam || 3 ||

asyaiva dakṣiṇaṃ vaktraṃ nārasiṃhaṃ mahādbhutam |
atyugratejovapuṣaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhayanāśanam || 4 ||

paścimaṃ gāruḍaṃ vaktraṃ vakratuṃḍaṃ mahābalam |
sarvanāgapraśamanaṃ viṣabhūtādikṛṃtanam || 5 ||

uttaraṃ saukaraṃ vaktraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dīptaṃ nabhopamam |
pātāl̤asiṃhavetālajvararogādikṛṃtanam || 6 ||

ūrdhvaṃ hayānanaṃ ghoraṃ dānavāṃtakaraṃ param |
yena vaktreṇa vipreṃdra tārakākhyaṃ mahāsuram || 7 ||

jaghāna śaraṇaṃ tatsyātsarvaśatruharaṃ param |
dhyātvā paṃcamukhaṃ rudraṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ dayānidhim || 8 ||

khaḍgaṃ triśūlaṃ khaṭvāṃgaṃ pāśamaṃkuśaparvatam |
muṣṭiṃ kaumodakīṃ vṛkṣaṃ dhārayaṃtaṃ kamaṃḍalum || 9 ||

bhiṃdipālaṃ jñānamudrāṃ daśabhirmunipuṃgavam |
etānyāyudhajālāni dhārayaṃtaṃ bhajāmyaham || 10 ||

pretāsanopaviṣṭaṃ taṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam |
divyamālyāṃbaradharaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam |
sarvāścaryamayaṃ devaṃ hanumadviśvatomukham || 11 ||

paṃcāsyamacyutamanekavicitravarṇa-
-vaktraṃ śaśāṃkaśikharaṃ kapirājavaryam |
pītāṃbarādimukuṭairupaśobhitāṃgaṃ
piṃgākṣamādyamaniśaṃ manasā smarāmi || 12 ||

markaṭeśaṃ mahotsāhaṃ sarvaśatruharaṃ param |
śatruṃ saṃhara māṃ rakṣa śrīmannāpadamuddhara || 13 ||

harimarkaṭa markaṭa maṃtramidaṃ
parilikhyati likhyati vāmatale |
yadi naśyati naśyati śatrukulaṃ
yadi muṃcati muṃcati vāmalatā || 14 ||

oṃ harimarkaṭāya svāhā |

oṃ namo bhagavate paṃcavadanāya pūrvakapimukhāya sakalaśatrusaṃhārakāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate paṃcavadanāya dakṣiṇamukhāya karāl̤avadanāya narasiṃhāya sakalabhūtapramathanāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate paṃcavadanāya paścimamukhāya garuḍānanāya sakalaviṣaharāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate paṃcavadanāya uttaramukhāya ādivarāhāya sakalasaṃpatkarāya svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate paṃcavadanāya ūrdhvamukhāya hayagrīvāya sakalajanavaśaṃkarāya svāhā |

oṃ asya śrī paṃcamukhahanumanmaṃtrasya śrīrāmacaṃdra ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchaṃdaḥ paṃcamukhavīrahanumān devatā hanumān iti bījaṃ vāyuputra iti śaktiḥ aṃjanīsuta iti kīlakam śrīrāmadūtahanumatprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
iti ṛṣyādikaṃ vinyaset |

atha dhyānaṃ |
vaṃde vānaranārasiṃhakhagarāṭkroḍāśvavaktrānvitaṃ
divyālaṃkaraṇaṃ tripaṃcanayanaṃ dedīpyamānaṃ rucā |
hastābjairasikheṭapustakasudhākuṃbhāṃkuśādriṃ halaṃ
khaṭvāṃgaṃ phaṇibhūruhaṃ daśabhujaṃ sarvārivīrāpaham |

atha maṃtraḥ |
oṃ śrīrāmadūtāya āṃjaneyāya vāyuputrāya mahābalaparākramāya sītāduḥkhanivāraṇāya laṃkādahanakāraṇāya mahābalapracaṃḍāya phālgunasakhāya kolāhalasakalabrahmāṃḍaviśvarūpāya
saptasamudranirlaṃghanāya piṃgal̤anayanāya amitavikramāya sūryabiṃbaphalasevanāya duṣṭanivāraṇāya dṛṣṭinirālaṃkṛtāya saṃjīvinīsaṃjīvitāṃgada-lakṣmaṇamahākapisainyaprāṇadāya
daśakaṃṭhavidhvaṃsanāya rāmeṣṭāya mahāphālgunasakhāya sītāsahitarāmavarapradāya ṣaṭprayogāgamapaṃcamukhavīrahanumanmaṃtrajape viniyogaḥ |

oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya baṃbaṃbaṃbaṃbaṃ vauṣaṭ svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya phaṃphaṃphaṃphaṃphaṃ phaṭ svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya kheṃkheṃkheṃkheṃkheṃ māraṇāya svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya luṃluṃluṃluṃluṃ ākarṣitasakalasaṃpatkarāya svāhā |
oṃ harimarkaṭamarkaṭāya dhaṃdhaṃdhaṃdhaṃdhaṃ śatrustaṃbhanāya svāhā |

oṃ ṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃ kūrmamūrtaye paṃcamukhavīrahanumate parayaṃtra parataṃtroccāṭanāya svāhā |
oṃ kaṃkhaṃgaṃghaṃṅaṃ caṃchaṃjaṃjhaṃñaṃ ṭaṃṭhaṃḍaṃḍhaṃṇaṃ taṃthaṃdaṃdhaṃnaṃ paṃphaṃbaṃbhaṃmaṃ yaṃraṃlaṃvaṃ śaṃṣaṃsaṃhaṃ l̤aṃkṣaṃ svāhā |
iti digbaṃdhaḥ |

oṃ pūrvakapimukhāya paṃcamukhahanumate ṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃṭaṃ sakalaśatrusaṃharaṇāya svāhā |
oṃ dakṣiṇamukhāya paṃcamukhahanumate karāl̤avadanāya narasiṃhāya oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ hraiṃ hrauṃ hraḥ sakalabhūtapretadamanāya svāhā |
oṃ paścimamukhāya garuḍānanāya paṃcamukhahanumate maṃmaṃmaṃmaṃmaṃ sakalaviṣaharāya svāhā |
oṃ uttaramukhāya ādivarāhāya laṃlaṃlaṃlaṃlaṃ nṛsiṃhāya nīlakaṃṭhamūrtaye paṃcamukhahanumate svāhā |
oṃ ūrdhvamukhāya hayagrīvāya ruṃruṃruṃruṃruṃ rudramūrtaye sakalaprayojananirvāhakāya svāhā |

oṃ aṃjanīsutāya vāyuputrāya mahābalāya sītāśokanivāraṇāya śrīrāmacaṃdrakṛpāpādukāya mahāvīryapramathanāya brahmāṃḍanāthāya kāmadāya paṃcamukhavīrahanumate svāhā |

bhūtapretapiśācabrahmarākṣasa śākinīḍākinyaṃtarikṣagraha parayaṃtra parataṃtroccaṭanāya svāhā |
sakalaprayojananirvāhakāya paṃcamukhavīrahanumate śrīrāmacaṃdravaraprasādāya jaṃjaṃjaṃjaṃjaṃ svāhā |

idaṃ kavacaṃ paṭhitvā tu mahākavacaṃ paṭhennaraḥ |
ekavāraṃ japet stotraṃ sarvaśatrunivāraṇam || 15 ||

dvivāraṃ tu paṭhennityaṃ putrapautrapravardhanam |
trivāraṃ ca paṭhennityaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ śubham || 16 ||

caturvāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvaroganivāraṇam |
paṃcavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvalokavaśaṃkaram || 17 ||

ṣaḍvāraṃ ca paṭhennityaṃ sarvadevavaśaṃkaram |
saptavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakam || 18 ||

aṣṭavāraṃ paṭhennityamiṣṭakāmārthasiddhidam |
navavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ rājabhogamavāpnuyāt || 19 ||

daśavāraṃ paṭhennityaṃ trailokyajñānadarśanam |
rudrāvṛttiṃ paṭhennityaṃ sarvasiddhirbhaveddhṛvam || 20 ||

nirbalo rogayuktaśca mahāvyādhyādipīḍitaḥ |
kavacasmaraṇenaiva mahābalamavāpnuyāt || 21 ||

iti sudarśanasaṃhitāyāṃ śrīrāmacaṃdrasītāproktaṃ śrī paṃcamukhahanumatkavacam |

• Essence:

The Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham is a divine armor invoking Lord Hanuman’s five transcendental faces —

Hanuman (East) for protection from enemies,

Narasimha (South) for destruction of evil,

Garuda (West) for relief from poison,

Varaha (North) for removal of disease and negativity, and

Hayagriva (Upward) for wisdom and enlightenment.

Composed by Brahma and revealed by Lord Rama to Sita, this Kavacham is one of the most potent hymns of protection in Sanatana Dharma. It acts as a spiritual shield against visible and invisible dangers.

• Benefits:

✨ Removes fear, black magic, and curses

✨ Grants success and courage

✨ Brings peace and prosperity

✨ Protects from accidents, diseases, and enemies

✨ Strengthens one’s aura and spiritual energy

• Chanting Guidelines:

Best recited on Tuesdays, Saturdays, or during Hanuman Jayanti.
Offer a lamp and chant the Kavacham with devotion.
After chanting, repeat “Om Shri Ramadutaya Namah” 11 times.
Reciting daily purifies mind and body; reciting 9 times yields complete protection.

• Symbolism:

Each face of Panchamukha Hanuman symbolizes mastery over the five directions, the five senses, and the five elements — offering total protection and spiritual awakening.

Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham

śrī paṃcamukha hanumatkavacaṃ

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