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Aghora Murti Stotram
Aghora Murti Stotram
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aghoramūrtistotramm aghoramūrtistotramm aghorastotraṃ oṃśrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ| śrībhairavībhairavauvāca- kailāśaśikharāsīnaṃ kharāsīnaṃbhaktānugrahakāmyayāyā| papracchapraṇatāṇatādevībhairavaṃvigatāmayamgatāmayam||1|| brahmādikāraṇātītaṃkāraṇātītaṃsvaśaktyānandinirbharamram| namāmi parameśānaṃsvacchandaṃvīranāyakam||2|| śrīdevīdevīuvāca- prāyaścitteṣueṣusarveṣuṣusamayollaṅghaneṣuneṣuca| mahābhayeṣughoreṣutīvropadravabhūmiṣuṣu||3|| chidrasthāneṣuāneṣusarveṣuṣuupāyaṃvadameprabhobho| yenāyāsenarahitotonirdoṣaścabhavennaraḥraḥ||4|| śrībhairavībhairavauvāca- śaṛṇuṛṇudevi paraṃguhyaṃrahasyaṃparamādbhutamutam| sarvapāpapraśamanaṃśamanaṃsarvaduḥkhābhayapradamdam||5|| prāyaścitteṣueṣusarveṣuṣutīvreṣvapiviśodhanamśodhanam| sarvacchidrāpaharaṇaṃāpaharaṇaṃsarvārtivinivāraṇamvāraṇam||6|| samayollaṅghaneneghorejapādevavimocanammocanam| bhogamokṣapradaṃdaṃcaivasarvasiddhiphalāvahamphalāvaham||7|| śataṃjāpyenenaśuddhyantimahāpātakino'pi ye| tadarddhaṃpātakaṃhantitatpādenopapātakamādenopapātakam||8|| kāyikaṃ kaṃvācikaṃ kaṃcaivamānasaṃsparśadoṣajamdoṣajam| prasādādicchayāyāvāpi sakṛjjapena penaśuddhyati||6|| aghoramūrtistotramm yāgārambhe ecayāgānte epaṭhitavyaṃprayatnataḥtaḥ| nityenaimittakekekāmyeparasyāpyātmano'pivā||10|| nichidrakaraṇaṃkaraṇaṃproktamabhāvaparipūrakampūrakam| dravyahīnehīnemantrahīnehīnejñānayogavivarjitete||11|| bhaktiśraddhāvirahiteteśuddhiśūnyeviśeṣataḥśeṣataḥ| manovikṣepadoṣeepadoṣecavilomelomepaśuvīkṣite te||12|| vidhihīnehīnepramādemādecajaptavyaṃsarvakarmasusu| nātaḥparataromantronātaḥparatarāstutiḥ||13|| nātaḥparatarākācitsamyakksatyaṃgirārāpriyeye| iyaṃsamayavidyānāṃānāṃrājarājeśvarīrīstutiḥ||14|| paramāpyāyanaṃ āyanaṃdevi bhairavasya prakīrtitamtam| prīṇanaṃīṇanaṃsarvadevānāṃdevānāṃsarvasaubhāgyavardhanamnam||15|| stavarājamimaṃmaṃpuṇyaṃyaṃśaṛṇuṣvāvahitātāpriyeye| oṃnamaḥparamākāśaśāyine neparamātmane ne||16|| śivāyavāyaparamaṃśāntaṃgirānandapadāyapadāyate| avācyāya āyaprameyāyameyāyapramātreviśvahetavehetave||17|| mahāsāmānyarūpāya pāyasattāmātraikarūpiṇeṇe| ghoṣādidaśadhādaśadhāśabdabījabhūtāyabījabhūtāyaśambhaveve||18|| namaḥśāntograghorādimantrasaṃrambhagarbhiṇeṇe| revatīsrajajaviśrambhasamāśleṣavilāsinene||16|| namaḥsamarasāsvādaparānandopabhoginene| bhogapāṇayenamastubhyaṃyogīśapūjitātmanene||20|| dvayanirmūlanodyogasamullāsitamūrtayeye| haraprasaravikṣobhavispaṣṭākṣaramūrttayeye||21|| namomāyāsvarūpāyapāyasthāṇaveāṇaveparameṣṭhinene| ghorasaṃsārasambhogadāyine nesthitikāriṇeṇe||22|| kālādi kṣitiparyantaṃpāline nevibhavebhavenamaḥ| aghoramūrtistotramm rohaṇāyamahāmohadhvāntavidhvaṃsahetaveṃsahetave||23|| hṛdayāmbujasaṅkocabhedineneśivamānave| bhogamokṣaphalaprāptihetuyogavidhāyinene||24|| namaḥparamanirvāṇadāyine necandramaulayemaulaye| ghoṣyāyāyasarvamantrāṇāṃāṇāṃsarvavāṅmayamūrtayeye||25|| namaḥśarvāyasarvāyasarvapāpāpahāriṇeṇe| ravaṇāyaravāntāya āyanamo'tarāvarāviṇeṇe||26|| nityāyāyasuprabuddhāyāyasarvāntaratamāyaratamāyate| ghoṣāyaparanādāntacarāya carāyakhacarāyate||27|| namovākpatayetayetubhyaṃbhagāyapararūpiṇeṇe| ravaṇāyaratīśārṅgadehinenecitrakarmaṇeṇe||28|| namaḥśailasutāmātreeviśvakartremahātmane ne| namomārapratiṣṭhāyāyasarvantipadagāyapadagāyate||26|| namaḥsamastatattvāyāyavyāpinenecitsvarūpiṇeṇe| khedvārāyārāyabhadrāyāyanamasterūparūpiṇeṇe||30|| parāparaparispandamandirāyarāyanamo'stu ute| bharitākhilaviśvāyāyayogagamyāya āyayogine ne||31|| namaḥsarveśvareśāyareśāyamahāhaṃsāyaśambhaveve| carvyāyacarvaṇīyāyaṇīyāyacarvakāyakāyacarāyaca||32|| ravīndusandhisaṃsthāyāyamahācakreśeśatenamaḥ| sarvānusyūtarūpāyapāyasarvācchādakaśaktayeye||33|| sarvabhakṣāyāyaśarvāyanamastesarvarūpiṇeṇe| ramyāyāyavallabhākrāntadehārdhāyavinodinene||34|| namaḥprasannaduṣprāpasaubhāgyaphaladāyinene| tanmaheśāyaheśāyatattvāyāyavedinenebhavabhedinene||35|| mahābhairavanāthāyabhaktigamyāyāyatenamaḥ| śaktigarbhaprabodhāyabodhāyaśaraṇyāyayāyaśarīriṇeṇe||36|| aghoramūrtistotramm śāntipuṣṭyādisādhyāyāyasādhakāyanamonamaḥ| ravatkuṇḍalinīgarbhaprabodhaprāptaśaktayeye||37|| tatsphoṭanapaṭuprauḍhaparamākṣararūpiṇeṇe| samastavyastasaṅgrastaraśmijālodayātmanene||38|| namastubhyaṃmahāsenarūpiṇe ṇeviśvagarbhiṇeṇe| revāravasamudbhūtavahnijvālāvabhāsine ne||36|| ghanībhūtavikalpāndhyaviśvabandhavilāpinene| bhoginīspandanārūḍhaprauḍhamālabdhagarviṇeṇe||40|| namastesarvabhakṣāyāyaparamāmṛtalobhine ne| nabhakoṭisamāveśabharitākhilasṛṣṭayeye||41|| namaḥśaktiśarīrāyaśarīrāyakoṭidvitayasaṅginene| mahāmohasamākrāntajīvavargavibodhine ne||42|| maheśvarāyarāyajagatāṃnamaḥkāraṇabandhave ve| stenonmūlanadakṣaikatritayetayeviśvamūrttayeye||43|| namaste'stuumahādevanāmneeparasudhātmane ne| rugdrāviṇeṇemahāvīrya ruruvaṃśavināśinene||44|| rudrāyāyadrāvitāśeṣabandhanāyanāyanamonamaḥ| dravatyararasāsvādacarvaṇodyuktayeyenamaḥ||45|| namastridaśapūjyāyāyasarvakāraṇahetavekāraṇahetave| rūpātītapātītanamastubhyaṃnamastebahurūpiṇeṇe||46|| tryambakāyakāyatridhādhāmātaścāriṇeṇecatricakṣuṣeuṣe| peśalopāyalabhyāya āyabhaktibhājāṃbhājāṃmahātmanām nām||47|| durlabhāyabhāyamahākrāntacetasāṃcetasāṃtunamonamaḥ| bhayapradāyadāyaduṣṭānāṃānāṃbhavāyabhayabhedinene||48|| bhavyāyāyatvanmayānāṃyānāṃtusarvadāyadāyanamonamaḥ| aṇūnāṃmuktayeyeghoraghorasaṃsāradāyine ne||46|| ghorātighoramūḍhānāṃ ghoramūḍhānāṃtiraskartrenamo'stu ute| ityevaṃevaṃstotrājendraṃṃmahābhairavabhāṣitamtam||50|| aghoramūrtistotramm yoginīnāṃ nīnāṃparaṃsāraṃnadadyādyasyakasyācitt| adīkṣiteteśaṭhekrūreūrenissatyeśucivarjitete||51|| nāstikekecakhalemūrkhepramattevilupte'lase'lase| guruśāstrasadācāradūṣakeṣakekalahapriyeye||52|| nirdayeyecumbakekekṣudresamayaghne'the'thadāmbhikeke| dākṣiṇyarahitetepāpedharmahīne'thahīne'thagarvitete||53|| paśūnāṃsannidhaudhaudevi noccāryaṃsarvathāthākvacitt| asyasaṃsmṛtamātrasyavighnānaśyantisarvaśaḥśaḥ||54|| guhyakākāyātudhānāśca vetālārākṣasādayaḥsādayaḥ| ḍāmarāśca piśācāścakrūrasattvāścapūtanāḥ||55|| byādhidurbhikṣadaurbhāgyamārimohaviṣādayaḥṣādayaḥ| gajavyāghrādayoādayoduṣṭāḥāḥpalāyante ecasarvaśaḥśaḥ| sarveduṣṭāḥāḥpraṇaśyantiityājñāpārameśvarīrī||56|| ||iti aghorastotraṃsamāptamm|| ||śubhamastu u||
About this stotram — Rama
A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.
How to chant
Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.
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