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Aghora Stava
Aghora Stava
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śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ sakalabhuvananāthaṃsarvadaṃdaṃsarvandyaṃ sahamanumanunāthaṃpūjayitvāva āsaśaktimm| paramaśivamaghorāstrākhyamantrādhirājaṃrājaṃ parimitaviṣayābhirvāgbhirabhyarcayāmaḥyāmaḥ||1|| yatpāśasaṃhṛtiṣuṣupāśupataṃmahāstraṃ granthiprabhedanavidhaudhaukṣurikāstramāhuḥmāhuḥ| vighnastutaututaucaśakalīkaraṇeśivāstraṃ vandedetadastramahamaiśamaghorasaṃjñammahamaiśamaghorasaṃjñam||2|| yastetebibhartinijamūrdhanimantracakraṃṃ yovābibhartyavayaveṣuvayaveṣutadakṣarāṇi | so'yaṃnirasyayanikhilagrahabhūtarogānhabhūtarogān(heyaṃ) jitvāstranāyakaripūnativṛddhimeti||3|| vajraṃśaktirdaṇḍakhaḍgāhipāśānpāśān vāyorastraṃ ṃsāgadā(śaṅkhaṃkhaṃ?) catriśūlamśūlam| padmaṃmaṃcakraṃṃsādhayanti svakṛtyaṃyaṃ labdhvājñāṃājñāṃtedigbhṛtāmāyudhāni||4|| nabhavati viṣapīḍāṣapīḍānāripīḍāpīḍānacādhiḥ ḥ nakhalunikhilarogālarogānāpi bhūtagrahārtiḥḥ| nadhanaharaṇabhītirnābhicārasyaya teṣāṃ sakṛdapi bhuvanetvāṃvāṃye'strarājaṃrājaṃsmaranti||5|| mantrījapākusumasannibhabhīmamūrtiṃṃ tvāṃvāṃghoramūrdhaparipiṅgalakeśapaṅktimm| daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃākarālavadanaṃtaṭidābhajihvaṃvaṃ vyāttānanaṃtānanaṃraviśaśijvalanogranetramm||6|| śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ nāgendrabhūṣaṇakapālakṛtāṅkamālākamālā- śobhānvitaṃ taṃbhrukuṭibhaṅgakarālavaktramm| dhūmrāmbaraṃba raṃmukharanūpuramaṣṭabāhuṃṭabāhuṃ dhyāyanyāyanprasidhyatijhaṇatkvaṇakiṅkiṇīkamṇīkam||7|| tvāṃvāṃdakṣiṇaiḥṇaiḥkaratalairasiśūlamūla śūlamūla- śaktiṃṃ(ktīḥtīḥ) ḍamaḍḍamarukaṃḍamarukaṃcaṣakaṃdadhānaṃ(?) | kheṭaṃtriśūlanṛkapālasurendraśastrā- ṇyārabdhayātramarimardanamāśrito'smi||8|| karṇadvayevayekarayugebhujayoścaca yugme pārśvadvayevayepadayugekaṭimaṇḍalemaṇḍaleca| kukṣaugaleśirasināthacaturdaśāhīnśāhīn tattadvibhūṣaṇakṛtātmatanūrbibharṣi||9|| vāmeśūladalesthitastavatavahariḥḥśrīnīlarudraḥpuna- rmadhyeyedakṣiṇatoṇatovidhiḥsuphalakegaurīguhaḥkumbhakebha ke| daṇḍāgregaṇanāyakodinakaronakarodaṇḍe'syaya mūlesmaraḥmaraḥ tenāghāhigalagrahonmadaripūnastreśeśanirnāśayaśaya||10|| tvāṃvāṃsāttvikaṃkaṃdhavalarūpamupāsyaya mokṣaṃ samprāpnuvantimanujāḥsukhasanniviṣṭamṭa m| āraktavarṇamadamada(tha) rājasamuddhatāṅgaga mā(sāda)yantisakalābhimatārthasiddhim m||11|| śatrukṣayāyukṣayāyasakalāmayanāśanāya sarvopasargahatayehatayecatavātiraudramm| kṛṣṇaṃṇa ṃkṛpānilayatāmasamevalayatāmasamevaśastaṃtaṃ yānodyataṃyataṃyativarāḥvarāḥkathayanti rūpam||12|| yadvāvādamaddamarukāsipiśācaśūlaśācaśūla- mūlāni dakṣiṇakarairavaraiḥṇakarairavaraiḥkapālam| tvāṃvāṃkheṭakenavaraghaṇṭikayā kayācaśūla- madhyaṃyaṃdadhānamahamaṣṭabhujaṃṭabhujaṃnamāmi ||13|| ākarṣaṇeṇenikhilarogahataularogahatauripūṇāṃpūṇāṃ śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ stambhebhevaśīkaraṇamohanadīpaneṣu| yuddhodyataṃyataṃtavapura(vapu)staṭidaṃśubhīmaṃdaṃśubhīmaṃ smṛtvogradaṃṣṭramacireṇareṇaphalaṃlabhanteta e||14|| kṛṣṇaprabhaṃbhaṃtrinayanaṃnayanaṃtribhujaṃbhujaṃtripādaṃpādaṃ bhīmaṃmahāśaniravaṃravaṃvikaṭāṭṭahāsamṭahāsam| tvāṃvāṃsūcimuṣṭihananairahibhūṣitāṅgaṃgaṃ dhyāyantidhāvanaparaṃripumāraṇādaupumāraṇādau||15|| tvāṃvāṃṣaḍbhujaṃjaṃtrinayanaṃnayanaṃśaśikāntarūpaṃtarūpaṃ padmānanaṃmānanaṃvidhṛtabhūṣaṇamūrdhakeśamkeśam| vāmekapāladhanuṣīdadhataṃsakheṭaṃ śūlaṃśaraṃcaparataḥpraṇato'smisāsim m||16|| vyādhādari(vari)pramathanemathanesati bhūmikampepa e dāhediśāṃśāṃpracuravṛṣṭiṣuṣucaṇḍavāte| pāpakṣayesakalavṛddhiṣu ṣuśāntikādaukādau bhītaucadevatavarūpamidaṃ daṃsmaranti||17|| sajalaghanaghanābhaṃbhīmadaṃṣṭraṃṃtrinetraṃ bhujagadharamaghoraṃraktavastrāṅgarāgamgarāgam| paraśuḍamarukhaḍgāngānkheṭakaṃbāṇacāpau triśikhanarakapālekhanarakapālebibhrataṃtaṃbhāvayāmi ||18|| śūlaṃmūlaṃpiśācaṃśācaṃśaramasisṛṇiyukṭaṅkayugbhiṇḍipālaṃpālaṃ vajraṃtatsthūlamadhyaṃyaṃḍamarukamaparairghaṇṭikāṃ kāṃcāpakheṭau| pāśaṃcakraṃṃcadaṇḍaṃbhujagamanalakaṃdakṣiṇairbāhudaṇḍaihudaṇḍai- rmadhyeyetvāṃvāṃvidyudābhaṃyudābhaṃvijayinamaniśaṃśaṃghoranāthaṃbhajāmaḥ||19|| ke'pyaṣṭakādhikasahasrakaraṃkaraṃvidustvā- manye'picāṣṭaśatahastamatarkyaveṣamveṣam| keciddvipañcakaramaṣṭabhujaṃṭabhujaṃpare'pi keciccaturbhujayutaṃjayutaṃkaticiddvibāhumbāhum||20|| kecidvadantidhṛtaṣoḍaśabāhudaṇḍa- manyeyepunardvinavasaṅkhyakarāravindamdam| tvāṃvāṃsarvataḥtaḥprasṛtapāṇipadaṃpadaṃtuśaivaṃ śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ tejaḥsudussahataraṃsa hataraṃvayamāmanāmaḥ||21|| tvāṃvāṃbāhumūlavalayīkṛtatakṣakāhiṃṃ tanmadhyaveṣṭitamahādṛḍhapūrvapadmamma | pādābjasaṃsthakulikaṃ kaṃkarapadmaśobhaṃmaśobhaṃ daṇḍekaṭīghaṭitavāsukimekhalāṅkamka m||22|| tvāṃvāṃśaṅkhapālabhujagendrakṛtopavītaṃkṛtopavītaṃ jānudvayasphuradanantamahoragendramm| lūtādivṛścikavirājivirājitāṅgaṃgaṃ karkoṭakāhiparibhūṣitakaṇṭhabhāgamtakaṇṭhabhāgam||23|| tvāṃvāṃprasphuracchikhinibhordhvakacaṃkacaṃsphurantaṃtaṃ ghorānanaṃvikṛtaghoratarāhibhūṣambhūṣam| vandāmahedāmahevaratanuṃvararūpaśobhaṃ vakṣollasaccaṭacaṭāravaruṇḍamālamca ṭacaṭāravaruṇḍamālam||24|| āmreḍitaprayutasaṅkhyataṭitkṛtāsthi- mālādharaṃkahakahāravabhogibhūṣam bhūṣam| bhūyovamajjvalanadīptalalāṭanetraṃ tvāṃvāṃhuṅkṛtenatenamamaghātayaghātayārīn||25|| cakroddhṛtapraṇavaphaṭkṛtasampuṭaṃpuṭaṃte mantrottamaṃtamaṃjapati yaḥsamamaṅgamantraiḥaiḥ| asmātparaṃparaṃmanuśataiḥkimihālpasāraipasārai- rāyātamiṣṭamaniśaṃ śaṃtvayisiddhimeti||26|| yaḥpañcaṣaḍbhirdvidaśāṣṭayugmairvarṇairmanojñaiḥnojñaiḥparikalpitāṅgaḥgaḥ| ṛṣyādikaṃkaṃbījasaśaktikīlayuktyātisañcintyajapetsasa dhanyaḥyaḥ||27|| yomastake'likatalekatalenayanadvayevayeca madhyeyebhruvostavatavamanorihahanāsikāyām kāyām| karṇadvayevayehanuyugedvijapaṅktiyugmeyugme kaṇṭhe'sayoścaca jaṭharestanayoḥtanayoḥkrameṇameṇa||28|| varṇānniveśayativakṣasi nābhideśe deśe bāhuprakoṣṭhatalapāṇiṣu ṣuvāmataścaca | śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ sphijyūrujānutalataścaraṇeṣucaraṇeṣutadvava- tpāyaupāyausaliṅgavṛṣaṇegavṛṣaṇecaramāṅgadeśegadeśe||29|| pārśvadvayevayehṛdi catāluni sādhakendraḥ ḥ pūjāvidhaudhaujapavidhaudhaucasusampradāyaḥdāyaḥ| (so'yaṃnirasyaya) nikhilārtimanekasaukhyāyā- nyāsādayatyanimiṣairapipūjyamānaḥya mānaḥ||30|| tvāṃvāṃśeṣakalṛptavalayāṅkitapāṇipadmaṃma ṃ karkoṭakāhiparibhūṣitadāmaśobhamtadāmaśobham| vakṣaḥsthalābharaṇatakṣakanāgaśobhaṃtha lābharaṇatakṣakanāgaśobhaṃ padmākhyanāgaparikalpitahārabhūṣamtahārabhūṣam||31|| suśvetapadmapariklṛptalalāṭaśobhaṃtalalāṭaśobhaṃ madhyāṅgalagnakulikodarabandhanāgamdhanāgam| kecitkaṭīghaṭitabhūṣitaśaṅkhapālaṃkhapālaṃ karṇāvataṃsavaravāsukimāmananti||32|| carmāsicāpaśaravajraparaśvathāṅgaga- śūlādimadhyasṛṇidaṇḍadharaiścaca hastaiḥtaiḥ| pañcānanaṃcānanaṃdhavaladaṃṣṭramagādhanetraṃ tvāmañjanābhamaribhīṣaṇamāśrayāmaḥyāmaḥ||33|| hastairabhīvaraparaśvathakṛṣṇasāraṇasāra- yuktaiścaturbhirabhiśobhitamānanaiścaca| tvāṃvāṃpūjayanniha hasahasradalābjasaṃsthaṃthaṃ vāñchāṃcha āṃvrajeddaśabhirāvaraṇairupetamrāvaraṇairupetam||34|| kālyādyābhiḥparivṛtatanuṃvṛtatanuṃśaktibhirdiggatābhi- stanmadhyasthaiḥthaiḥparicitatanuṃtatanuṃbhīṣaṇādyaiścaca randhraiḥaiḥ| brāhmyādyābhirdiśidiśitanuṃ(vṛtaṃ) mātṛbhirlokapālaiḥ kapālaiḥ sāṅgaṃgaṃdhyāyanyāyanjapati sumatirbhūtaletaleyaḥsadhanyaḥyaḥ||35|| kṛtvāva ācakraṃṃrajobhistavata vatadanuguṇaiḥkarṇikākesarāḍhyaṃyaṃ madhyeyecadvādaśāraṃvādaśāraṃkṛtaniyamavidhiḥ ḥṣoḍaśāraṃcabāhyeye| madhyeyetvāṃvāṃpūjayitvāva ādiśidiśiparitaḥtaḥkesareṣvaṣṭaśaktīta ī- ricchādidvādaśāreṣvathavathayajati mahāstrāṇicatvāridikṣukṣu||36|| śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ śeṣāreṣvaṣṭarundrānvidiguditatanūntatanūnbhīṣaṇābhīṣaṇādīn bāhye'strairātmadiksthaiḥaiḥsahakuliśamukhairbhautikādīni cāṣṭauṭau| tasyādhivyādhināśaḥnāśaḥsakalamabhimataṃ mataṃśatrunāśaścacasadyaḥyaḥ śāntiḥpuṣṭiścacavidyāyādhanamaparimitaṃ taṃkṣetrasampattiranteta e||37|| yastvāṃāṃyuddhodyatāṅgaṃgaṃyajati kṛtamatirbhāskarādyairgaṇeśaiḥṇeśaiḥ kṣetreśaiḥeśaiḥkoṇasaṃsthaiḥtha aiḥtridaśapatimukhairaṣṭarudraiḥaiḥparītam| ādyeyetajjñānarūpaprabhṛtibhirapareraparevīraghoṣādirudrai ai- stadbāhyasthaiścaturthadraviṇapatimukhaiḥmukhaiḥpañcamecamekālamukhyaiḥya aiḥ||38|| ṣaṣṭheṭhecocchuṣmamukhyairaniśamabhimukhaiḥmukhaiḥsaptametameviṣṇumukhyaiyai- ranyasminntīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraprabhṛtibhiramareśādibhiścāparasminn| ādhārelokapālairdiśidiśi daśamesāyudhaiḥsevyamānaṃyamānaṃ bhogānāsvādyaya sarvānnbhuvi tanuvirameramemokṣamāpnoti so'yam||39|| cakraṃṃsragvajraśaktīrḍamaruparaśughaṇṭāhikhaḍgaprakheṭānkheṭān bibhrāṇaṃāṇaṃdaṇḍapāśaudhvajanaraśirasīrasīcāpabāṇaubhujaiścaca | dorbhyāṃṃdvābhyāṃyāṃmahāstraṃniyutaravinibhaṃbhaṃlūtamuṇḍāhibhūṣaṃbhūṣaṃ cārkābhaṃbhaṃkuṇḍalāḍhyaṃya ṃkumatavihatayehatayeghoranāthaṃbhajāmaḥ||40|| vidyunmālānalābhaṃmālānalābhaṃbhujagaparivṛtaṃvṛtaṃbhīṣaṇaṃnimnanetraṃ śūlaṃpāśaṃcaghaṇṭāmanalamasimahākheṭakau mahākheṭakauprajvalantautau| savye'bhīśakticāpānacāpānaśaraparaśurujādakṣiṇeṇeghoravaktraṃṃ pārśveghorāstramevaṃmevaṃniyamitamanasātamanasāsaṃyajesarvasiddhyaiai||41|| japtvāyutaṃāyutaṃ(tavamanūttamatama)miṣṭaṭa(maṅgaga)yuktaṃtaṃ hutvāva āsahasra(mapakṛtyaya )mapākaroti | sandhyāsuāsucāṣṭasahitaṃtaṃśatamatrajaptvā dhyāyanyāyankuberasadṛśaṃśriyametimartyaḥḥ||42|| ādhāranābhihṛdaye hṛdayecagalecatālu- bhrūmadhyamūrdhnyakhilaśaktipadeṣupadeṣudevam| tejomayaṃsarati yaḥkramaśaścacamokṣaṃ yovyutkrameṇameṇasanaraḥpunareti bhogam||43|| yadvaibhavaṃvaibhavaṃtavamahāstramahānubhāvaṃmahānubhāvaṃ śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥ stotuṃtotuṃnamantrapatayastadaśeṣamīśāḥtadaśeṣamīśāḥ| kāśaktiratravadatādṛśamīdṛśānāṃ kaścaikadeśagaṇakocaikadeśagaṇakogaṇakīrtimeti ||44|| etāmaghorāstrapadānuviddhāṃdha āṃ yaḥstotramālāṃmālāṃpaṭhati trisandhyamm| vijityaya(nirjityaya)śatrūnūnvigatāmayo'saugatāmayo'sau prāpnotyaśeṣānapivāñchitārthānn||45|| ||iti śrīaghorastavaḥtavaḥsampūrṇaḥ||
About this stotram
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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