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भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम् Shri Bhairava Tandava Stotram

bhairavatāṇḍavastotram athavā kaṣṭaharaṃ śrībhairavāṣṭakastotram

Shri Bhairava Tandava Stotram (भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम्): a stotra to Śiva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम्

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Verse 1

(भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम्)श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।श्रीउमामहेश्वराभ्यां नमः ।श्रीगुरवे नमः ।श्रीभैरवाय नमः ॥अथ श्रीभैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् ।ॐ चण्डं प्रतिचण्डं करधृतदण्डं कृतरिपुखण्डं सौख्यकरंलोकं सुखयन्तं विलसितसन्तं प्रकटितदन्तं नृत्यकरम् ।डमरुध्वनिशङ्खं(मन्तं) तरलवतंसं(तरं तं ) मधुरहसन्तं लोकभरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ १॥

(bhairavatāṇḍavastotram athavā kaṣṭaharaṃ śrībhairavāṣṭakastotram)śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |śrīumāmaheśvarābhyāṃ namaḥ |śrīgurave namaḥ |śrībhairavāya namaḥ ||atha śrībhairavatāṇḍavastotram |oṃ caṇḍaṃ praticaṇḍaṃ karadhṛtadaṇḍaṃ kṛtaripukhaṇḍaṃ saukhyakaraṃlokaṃ sukhayantaṃ vilasitasantaṃ prakaṭitadantaṃ nṛtyakaram |ḍamarudhvaniśaṅkhaṃ(mantaṃ) taralavataṃsaṃ(taraṃ taṃ ) madhurahasantaṃ lokabharaṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 1||

Verse 2

चर्चितसिन्दूरं रणभूविदूरं(रणभुवि शूरं) दुष्टविदूरं श्रीनिकरंकिङ्किणिगणरावं त्रिभुवनपावं खर्प्प(र्प)रसावं पुण्यभरम् ।करुणामयवेषं सकलसुरेशं मुक्तसुकेशं पापहरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ २॥

carcitasindūraṃ raṇabhūvidūraṃ(raṇabhuvi śūraṃ) duṣṭavidūraṃ śrīnikaraṃkiṅkiṇigaṇarāvaṃ tribhuvanapāvaṃ kharppa(rpa)rasāvaṃ puṇyabharam |karuṇāmayaveṣaṃ sakalasureśaṃ muktasukeśaṃ pāpaharaṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 2||

Verse 3

कलिमलसंहारं मदनविहारं फणिपतिहारं शीघ्रकरंकलुषं शमयन्तं परिभृतसन्तं मत्तदृगन्तं(छगं तं) शुद्धतरम् ।गतिनिन्दितकेशं(हंसं) नर्तनदेशं(नरनुतहंसं) स्वच्छकशं(शुकं) सन्मुण्डकरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ ३॥

kalimalasaṃhāraṃ madanavihāraṃ phaṇipatihāraṃ śīghrakaraṃkaluṣaṃ śamayantaṃ paribhṛtasantaṃ mattadṛgantaṃ(chagaṃ taṃ) śuddhataram |gatininditakeśaṃ(haṃsaṃ) nartanadeśaṃ(naranutahaṃsaṃ) svacchakaśaṃ(śukaṃ) sanmuṇḍakaraṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 3||

Verse 4

कठिनस्तनकुम्भं सुकृतसुलम्भं कालीडिम्भं खड्गधरंवृतभूतपिशाचं स्फुटमृदुवाचं स्निग्धसुकाचं भक्तभरम् ।तनुभाजितशेषं विलमसुदेशं सर्वसुरेशं प्रीतिन(प)रंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ ४॥

kaṭhinastanakumbhaṃ sukṛtasulambhaṃ kālīḍimbhaṃ khaḍgadharaṃvṛtabhūtapiśācaṃ sphuṭamṛduvācaṃ snigdhasukācaṃ bhaktabharam |tanubhājitaśeṣaṃ vilamasudeśaṃ sarvasureśaṃ prītina(pa)raṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 4||

Verse 5

ललिताननचन्द्रं सुमनवितन्द्रं बोधितमन्द्रं श्रेष्ठवरंसुखिताखिललोकं परिहृतशोकं शुद्धविलोकं पुष्टिकरम् ।वरदाभयहारं तरलिततारं क्षुद्रविदा(हा)रं तुष्टिकरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ ५॥

lalitānanacandraṃ sumanavitandraṃ bodhitamandraṃ śreṣṭhavaraṃsukhitākhilalokaṃ parihṛtaśokaṃ śuddhavilokaṃ puṣṭikaram |varadābhayahāraṃ taralitatāraṃ kṣudravidā(hā)raṃ tuṣṭikaraṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 5||

Verse 6

सकलायुधभारं विजनविहारं सुश्रविशारं(विश्वविसारं) भ्रष्टमलंशरणागतपालं मृगमदभालं सञ्जितकालं स्वेष्टबलम् ।पदनूपूरशिञ्जं त्रिनयनकञ्जं गुणिजनरञ्जन कुष्ठहरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ ६॥

sakalāyudhabhāraṃ vijanavihāraṃ suśraviśāraṃ(viśvavisāraṃ) bhraṣṭamalaṃśaraṇāgatapālaṃ mṛgamadabhālaṃ sañjitakālaṃ sveṣṭabalam |padanūpūraśiñjaṃ trinayanakañjaṃ guṇijanarañjana kuṣṭhaharaṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 6||

Verse 7

मदयुतसंरावं प्रकटितभावं विश्वसुभावं ज्ञानपदंरक्तांशुकजोषं परिकृततोषं नाशितदोषं सन्मतिदम् ।कुटिलभ्रुकुटीकं ज्वरधननी(वी)कं विसरन्ध्रीकं प्रेमभरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ ७॥

madayutasaṃrāvaṃ prakaṭitabhāvaṃ viśvasubhāvaṃ jñānapadaṃraktāṃśukajoṣaṃ parikṛtatoṣaṃ nāśitadoṣaṃ sanmatidam |kuṭilabhrukuṭīkaṃ jvaradhananī(vī)kaṃ visarandhrīkaṃ premabharaṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 7||

Verse 8

परिनिर्जितकामं विलसितवामं योगिजनाभं(परमभिरामं) योगेशंबहुमद्यपनाथं गीतसुगाथं कृष्टसुनाथं वीरेशम् ।कलयन्तमशेषं भृतजनदेशं नृत्यसुरेशं दत्तवरंभज भज भूतेशं प्रकटमहेशं भैरववेषं कष्टहरम् ॥ ८॥

parinirjitakāmaṃ vilasitavāmaṃ yogijanābhaṃ(paramabhirāmaṃ) yogeśaṃbahumadyapanāthaṃ gītasugāthaṃ kṛṣṭasunāthaṃ vīreśam |kalayantamaśeṣaṃ bhṛtajanadeśaṃ nṛtyasureśaṃ dattavaraṃbhaja bhaja bhūteśaṃ prakaṭamaheśaṃ bhairavaveṣaṃ kaṣṭaharam || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीभैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रं अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrībhairavatāṇḍavastotraṃ athavā kaṣṭaharaṃ śrībhairavāṣṭakastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Bhairava Tandava Stotram is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम् (bhairavatāṇḍavastotram athavā kaṣṭaharaṃ śrībhairavāṣṭakastotram)). Source: Stotra.

Shri Bhairava Tandava Stotram (भैरवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् अथवा कष्टहरं श्रीभैरवाष्टकस्तोत्रम्): a stotra to Śiva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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