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Aghora Stava

Aghora Stava

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Devotional text

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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