प्रदीप्तविद्युत्कनकावभासो विद्यावराभीतिकुठारपाणिः । चतुर्मुखस्तत्पुरुषस्त्रिनेत्रः प्राच्यां स्थितं रक्षतु मामजस्रम्
pradīptavidyutkanakāvabhāso vidyāvarābhītikuṭhārapāṇiḥ | caturmukhastatpuruṣastrinetraḥ prācyāṃ sthitaṃ rakṣatu māmajasram
Que Tatpuruṣa—aux quatre visages et aux trois yeux, rayonnant comme l’éclair flamboyant et l’or, tenant les emblèmes de la connaissance, du don, de l’intrépidité et la hache—me protège sans cesse, établi à l’orient.
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (dik-bandhana/face-based kavaca)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tatpuruṣa stationed in the East, four-faced and three-eyed, blazing like lightning and molten gold, holding symbols of knowledge, boon, fearlessness, and an axe; dawn-light behind.
Śiva guards the devotee from every quarter; invoking His sacred face-forms establishes spiritual protection.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is a directional (east) protective invocation within a kavaca.
Dik-rakṣā (directional protection) by invoking Tatpuruṣa in the east as part of the Śaiva kavaca.