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Ashtabhairava Dhyana Stotram

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aṣṭabhairavabhairavadhyānastotramm
aṣṭabhairavabhairavadhyānastotramm
bhairavaḥpūrṇarūpohiśaṅkarasyaparātmanaḥ
naḥ|
mūḍhāstevai
evainajānanti
mohitāḥtāḥśivamāyayāvamāyayā||
oṃhaṃṣaṃnaṃgaṃkaṃsaṃkhaṃmahākālabhairavāyanamaḥ|
namaskārāramantraḥ-
oṃśrībhairavyaiai, oṃmaṃmahābhairavyai
ai, oṃsiṃsiṃhabhairavyaiai,
oṃdhūṃdhūmrabhairavyaiai, oṃbhīṃbhīmabhairavyai
ai, oṃuṃunmattabhairavyaiai,
oṃvaṃvaśīkaraṇabhairavyai
ai, oṃmoṃmohanabhairavyai
ai|
||aṣṭabhairavabhairavadhyānamānam||
asitāṅgoruruścaṇḍaḥḍaḥkrodhaśconmattabhairavaḥbhairavaḥ|
kapālībhīṣaṇaścaiva
aivasaṃhāraścāṣṭabhairavambhairavam||
1) asitāṅgabhairavabhairavadhyānamānam|
raktajvālajaṭādharaṃālajaṭādharaṃśaśiyutaṃyutaṃraktāṅgatejomayaṃ
asteśūlakapālapāśaḍamaruṃṃlokasya
rakṣākaramākaram|
nirvāṇaṃṇaṃśunavāhanantrinayanamānandakolāhalaṃ
kolāhalaṃ
vandebhūtapiśācanāthaśācanāthavaṭukaṃkṣetrasyapālaṃśivamvam||1||
2) rūrubhairavabhairavadhyānamānam|
nirvāṇaṃṇaṃnirvikalpaṃnirūpajamalaṃpajamalaṃnirvikāraṃkāraṃkṣakāraṃkāraṃ
huṅkāraṃāraṃvajradaṃṣṭraṃhutavahanayanaṃtavahanayanaṃraudramunmattabhāvambhāvam|
bhaṭkāraṃāraṃbhaktanāgaṃnāgaṃbhṛkuṭitamukhaṃ
tamukhaṃbhairavaṃśūlapāṇiṃ
ṃ
vandekhaḍgaṃkapālaṃḍamarukasahitaṃtaṃkṣetrapālannamāmi||2||
3) caṇḍabhairavaḍabhairavadhyānamānam|
bibhrāṇaṃāṇaṃśubhravarṇaṃdviguṇadaśabhujaṃguṇadaśabhujaṃpañcavaktrantrinetraṃ
dānañchatrenduhastaṃrajatahimamṛtaṃmamṛtaṃśaṅkhabheṣasyacāpamcāpam|
aṣṭabhairavabhairavadhyānastotramm
śūlaṃkhaḍgañcabāṇaṃḍamarukasikatāvañcimālokyamālāṃ
sarvābhītiñcadorbhīṃbhujatagiriyutaṃ
yutaṃbhairavaṃsarvasiddhimm||3||
4) krodhabhairavodhabhairavadhyānamānam|
udyadbhāskararūpanibhantrinayanaṃnayanaṃraktāṅgarāgāmbujaṃ
ujaṃ
bhasmādyaṃvaradaṃkapālamabhayaṃśūlandadhānaṃ
dhānaṃkare|
nīlagrīvamudārabhūṣaṇaśataṃīvamudārabhūṣaṇaśataṃśanteśueśumūḍhojjvalaṃlaṃ
bandhūkāruṇa
vāsaastamabhayaṃmabhayaṃdevaṃsadābhāvayet||4||
5) unmattabhairavabhairavadhyānamānam|
ekaṃkhaṭvāṅgahastaṃpunarapi
bhujagaṃpāśamekantriśūlaṃ
śūlaṃ
kapālaṃkhaḍgahastaṃḍamarukasahitaṃtaṃvāmahaste
epinākamnākam|
candrārkaṃketumālāṃvikṛtisukṛtinaṃnaṃsarvayajñopavītaṃopavītaṃ
kālaṃkālāntakāraṃ
kāraṃmamabhayaharaṃkṣetrapālannamāmi||5||
6) kapālabhairavadhyānamānam|
vandebālaṃsphaṭikasadṛśaṃśaṃkumbhalollāsivaktraṃṃ
divyākalpaiphaṇimaṇimayaikiṅkiṇīnūpurañca|
divyākāraṃākāraṃviśadavadanaṃśadavadanaṃsuprasannaṃdvinetraṃ
hastādyāṃāṃvādadhānāntriśivamanibhayaṃbhayaṃvakradaṇḍauḍaukapālam||6||
7) bhīṣaṇabhairavadhyānamānam|
trinetraṃraktavarṇañcasarvābharaṇabhūṣitamtam|
kapālaṃśūlahastañcavaradābhayapāṇinam
nam||
savyeśūladharaṃbhīmaṃkhaṭvāṅgaṃvāmakeśavam|
raktavastraparidhānaṃdhānaṃraktamālyānulepanamānulepanam|
nīlagrīvañcasaumyañcasarvābharaṇabhūṣitamtam||
nīlamekhasamākhyātaṃ
ātaṃkūrcakeśantrinetrakamkam|
nāgabhūṣañca
raudrañcaśiromālāvibhūṣitamtam||
nūpurasvanapādañca
sarpayajñopavītinamnam|
kiṅkiṇīmālikākābhūṣyaṃbhīmarūpaṃpaṃbhayāvaham||7||
8) saṃhārabhairavadhyānamānam|
ekavaktrantrinetrañcahastayoyodvādaśantathāthā|
aṣṭabhairavabhairavadhyānastotramm
ḍamaruñcāṅkuśaṃśaṃbāṇaṃkhaḍgaṃśūlaṃbhayānvitam
tam||
dhanurbāṇaṇakapālañca
gadāgniṃṃvaradantathā
thā|
vāmasavye
etupārśvenaāyudhānāṃvidhantathāthā||
nīlamekhasvarūpantu
unīlavastrottarīyakamrīyakam|
kastūryādinilepañcaśvetagandhākṣatantathāthā||
śvetārkapuṣpamālāñcatrikoṭyaṅgaṇasevitāmtām|
sarvālaṅkārārasaṃyuktāṃāṃsaṃhārañca
prakīrtitamtam||8||
iti
śrībhairavībhairavastutinirudrakurutete|
iti
aṣṭabhairavabhairavadhyānastotraṃsampūrṇamm|

About this stotram — Shiva

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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