bhairavabatuka-bhairavashiva108-names

බටුක භෛරව අෂ්ටෝත්තරශතනාම ස්තෝත්රම්

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🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Bhairava Ashtami, Kalashtami (Ashtami of the waning moon), Sunday or Tuesday nights, and during evening (pradosh) worship·📜 Tantric Shaiva tradition (Batuka Bhairava Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram, associated with the Bhairava / Rudrayamala tantric texts)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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Tantric Shaiva tradition (Batuka Bhairava Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram, associated with the Bhairava / Rudrayamala tantric texts) · Traditional (tantric Shaiva tradition) · Classical / medieval

Batuka Bhairava is venerated as the boy-form of Bhairava, the terrifying yet protective emanation of Shiva. In the Tantric tradition he is a guardian deity (Kshetrapala) invoked for swift protection and the fulfilment of sadhana. This 108-name hymn gathers his many aspects — fierce and gentle, the cremation-ground ascetic and the bestower of wealth and wisdom — into a single flowing praise sealed with a promise of fearlessness for the devotee.

✦ As told in scripture

By its own phala-shruti the hymn declares that one who recites these 108 names is touched by no evil and knows no fear of spirits, enemies, or sins. Devotees of Batuka Bhairava recount that sincere recitation, especially the Apaduddharaka (calamity-removing) invocation of Bhairava, has shielded them in moments of grave danger and dissolved unseen afflictions.

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Verse 1

ඕං භෛරවෝ භූතනාථශ්ච භූතාත්මා භූතභාවනඃ. ක්ෂේත්රජ්ඤඃ ක්ෂේත්රපාලශ්ච ක්ෂේත්රදඃ ක්ෂත්රියෝ විරාට්..1..

Om Bhairavo Bhutanathascha Bhutatma Bhutabhavanah। Kshetrajnah Kshetrapalascha Kshetradah Kshatriyo Virat॥1॥

Meaning:ഓം. അവൻ ഭൈരവൻ, ഭൂതനാഥൻ, ഭൂതാത്മാവ്, ഭൂതഭാവനൻ; ക്ഷേത്രജ്ഞൻ, ക്ഷേത്രപാലൻ, ക്ഷേത്രദൻ, ക്ഷത്രിയൻ, വിരാട് സ്വരൂപൻ.

Verse 2

ශ්මශානවාසී මාංසාශී ඛර්පරාශී ස්මරාන්තකෘත්. රක්තපඃ පානපඃ සිද්ධඃ සිද්ධිදඃ සිද්ධිසේවිතඃ..2..

Shmashana-Vasi Mamsashi Kharparashi Smarantakrit। Raktapah Panapah Siddhah Siddhidah Siddhi-Sevitah॥2॥

Meaning:ശ്മശാനവാസി, മാംസാശി, ഖർപര (കപാല) ധാരി, കാമദേവനെ അന്തമാക്കിയവൻ; രക്തപൻ, പാനപൻ, സിദ്ധൻ, സിദ്ധിദാതാവ്, സിദ്ധികളാൽ സേവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവൻ.

Verse 3

කඞ්කාලඃ කාලශමනඃ කලාකාෂ්ඨාතනුඃ කවිඃ. ත්රිනේත්රෝ බහුනේත්රශ්ච තථා පිඞ්ගලලෝචනඃ..3..

Kankalah Kala-Shamanah Kala-Kashtha-Tanuh Kavih। Trinetro Bahunetrascha Tatha Pingala-Lochanah॥3॥

Meaning:കങ്കാല-രൂപൻ, കാലത്തെ ശാന്തമാക്കുന്നവൻ, കലാ-കാഷ്ഠാ രൂപ ശരീരൻ, കവി; ത്രിനേത്രൻ, ബഹുനേത്രൻ, പിംഗല നേത്രൻ.

Verse 4

ශූලපාණිඃ ඛඩ්ගපාණිඃ කඞ්කාලී ධූම්රලෝචනඃ. අභීරුර්භෛරවීනාථෝ භූතපෝ යෝගිනීපතිඃ..4..

Shulapanih Khadgapanih Kankali Dhumra-Lochanah। Abhirur-Bhairavi-Natho Bhutapo Yogini-Patih॥4॥

Meaning:കൈയിൽ ത്രിശൂലവും ഖഡ്ഗവും ധരിക്കുന്നവൻ, കങ്കാലി, ധൂമ്രലോചനൻ; നിർഭയ ഭൈരവീനാഥൻ, ഭൂതപാലകൻ, യോഗിനീപതി.

Verse 5

ධනදෝ(අ)ධනහාරී ච ධනවාන් ප්රතිභාගවාන්. නාගහාරෝ නාගකේශෝ ව්යෝමකේශඃ කපාලභෘත්..5..

Dhanado'dhana-Hari Cha Dhanavan Pratibhagavan। Nagaharo Nagakesho Vyomakeshah Kapalabhrit॥5॥

Meaning:ധനം നൽകുന്നവൻ, (അയോഗ്യനിൽ നിന്ന്) ധനം ഹരിക്കുന്നവൻ, ധനവാൻ, പ്രതിഭാവാൻ; നാഗങ്ങളുടെ ഹാരവും കേശവുമുള്ളവൻ, വ്യോമകേശൻ, കപാലധാരി.

Verse 6

කාලඃ කපාලමාලී ච කමනීයඃ කලානිධිඃ. ත්රිනේත්රෝ ජ්වලන්නේත්රශ්ච ත්රිශිඛී ච ත්රිලෝකභෘත්..6..

Kalah Kapalamali Cha Kamaniyah Kalanidhih। Trinetro Jvalannetrascha Trishikhi Cha Trilokabhrit॥6॥

Meaning:കാല-സ്വരൂപൻ, കപാലമാലി, കമനീയൻ, കലാനിധി; ത്രിനേത്രൻ, ജ്വലന്നേത്രൻ, ത്രിശിഖി, മൂന്ന് ലോകങ്ങളുടെ ധാരകൻ.

Verse 7

ත්රිවෘත්තතනයෝ ඩිම්භඃ ශාන්තඃ ශාන්තජනප්රියඃ. බටුකෝ බටුවේෂශ්ච ඛට්වාඞ්ගවරධාරකඃ..7..

Trivritta-Tanayo Dimbhah Shantah Shanta-Janapriyah। Batuko Batuveshascha Khatvanga-Varadharakah॥7॥

Meaning:ത്രിവൃത്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉത്പന്നൻ, ഡിംഭ (ബാലകൻ), ശാന്തൻ, ശാന്തജനങ്ങൾക്ക് പ്രിയൻ; ബടുകൻ, ബടു-വേഷധാരി, ഖട്വാംഗ-വരധാരകൻ.

Verse 8

භූතාධ්යක්ෂඃ පශුපතිර්භික්ෂුකඃ පරිචාරකඃ. ධූර්තෝ දිගම්බරඃ ශෞරිර්හරිණඃ පාණ්ඩුලෝචනඃ..8..

Bhutadhyakshah Pashupatir-Bhikshukah Paricharakah। Dhurto Digambarah Shaurir-Harinah Pandu-Lochanah॥8॥

Meaning:ഭൂതാധ്യക്ഷൻ, പശുപതി, ഭിക്ഷുകൻ, പരിചാരകൻ; ധൂർത്തൻ, ദിഗംബരൻ, ശൂരൻ, ഹരിണ-സമാനൻ, പാണ്ഡുലോചനൻ.

Verse 9

ප්රශාන්තඃ ශාන්තිදඃ ශුද්ධඃ ශඞ්කරප්රියබාන්ධවඃ. අෂ්ටමූර්තිර්නිධීශශ්ච ජ්ඤානචක්ෂුස්තපෝමයඃ..9..

Prashantah Shantidah Shuddhah Shankara-Priya-Bandhavah। Ashtamurtir-Nidhishascha Jnana-Chakshus-Tapomayah॥9॥

Meaning:പ്രശാന്തൻ, ശാന്തിദാതാവ്, ശുദ്ധൻ, ശങ്കരന്റെ പ്രിയബന്ധു; അഷ്ടമൂർത്തി, നിധീശൻ, ജ്ഞാനചക്ഷു, തപോമയൻ.

Verse 10

අෂ්ටාධාරඃ ෂඩාධාරඃ සර්පයුක්තඃ ශිඛීසඛඃ. භූධරෝ භූධරාධීශෝ භූපතිර්භූධරාත්මජඃ..10..

Ashtadharah Shadadharah Sarpa-Yuktah Shikhi-Sakhah। Bhudharo Bhudharadhisho Bhupatir-Bhudharatmajah॥10॥

Meaning:അഷ്ടാധാരൻ, ഷഡാധാരൻ, സർപ്പയുക്തൻ, ശിഖി (അഗ്നി) സഖൻ; ഭൂധരൻ, ഭൂധരാധീശൻ, ഭൂപതി, ഭൂധരാത്മജൻ.

Verse 11

කපාලධාරී මුණ්ඩී ච නාගයජ්ඤෝපවීතවාන්. ජෘම්භණෝ මෝහනඃ ස්තම්භී මාරණඃ ක්ෂෝභණස්තථා..11..

Kapaladhari Mundi Cha Naga-Yajnopavitavan। Jrimbhano Mohanah Stambhi Maranah Kshobhanas-Tatha॥11॥

Meaning:കപാലധാരി, മുണ്ഡി, നാഗ യജ്ഞോപവീതധാരി; ജൃംഭണ, മോഹന, സ്തംഭന, മാരണ, ക്ഷോഭണ (ശക്തികളുടെ സ്വാമി).

Verse 12

ශුද්ධනීලාඤ්ජනප්රඛ්යදේහෝ මුණ්ඩවිභූෂණඃ. බලිභුග් බලිභුඞ්නාථෝ බාලෝ බාලපරාක්රමඃ..12..

Shuddha-Nilanjana-Prakhya-Deho Munda-Vibhushanah। Balibhug Balibhung-Natho Balo Bala-Parakramah॥12॥

Meaning:ശുദ്ധ നീലാഞ്ജന-സമ ദേഹൻ, മുണ്ഡവിഭൂഷിതൻ; ബലിഭുക്, ബലിഭുക്-നാഥൻ, ബാലൻ, ബാല-പരാക്രമൻ.

Verse 13

සර්වාපත්තාරණෝ දුර්ගෝ දුෂ්ටභූතනිෂේවිතඃ. කාමී කලානිධිඃ කාන්තඃ කාමිනීවශකෘද්වශී..13..

Sarvapat-Tarano Durgo Dushta-Bhuta-Nishevitah। Kami Kalanidhih Kantah Kamini-Vashakrid-Vashi॥13॥

Meaning:സമസ്ത ആപത്തുകളിൽ നിന്ന് കടത്തുന്നവൻ, ദുർഗ (ദുർഗമൻ), ദുഷ്ട ഭൂതങ്ങളാൽ സേവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവൻ; കാമി, കലാനിധി, കാന്തൻ, കാമിനികളെ വശമാക്കുന്നവൻ, വശി.

Verse 14

ජගද්රක්ෂාකරෝ(අ)නන්තෝ මායාමන්ත්රෞෂධීමයඃ. සර්වසිද්ධිප්රදෝ වෛද්යඃ ප්රභවිෂ්ණුරිතීව හි..14..

Jagad-Rakshakaro'nanto Maya-Mantraushadhi-Mayah। Sarva-Siddhiprado Vaidyah Prabhavishnur-Itiva Hi॥14॥

Meaning:ജഗത്തിനെ രക്ഷിക്കുന്നവൻ, അനന്തൻ, മായാ-മന്ത്ര-ഔഷധിമയൻ; സർവസിദ്ധിപ്രദൻ, വൈദ്യൻ, പ്രഭവിഷ്ണു — അവൻ ഇങ്ങനെയുള്ളവൻ.

Verse 15

ය ඉදං පඨතේ ස්තෝත්රං නාමාෂ්ටශතමුත්තමම්. න තස්ය දුරිතං කිඤ්චින්න ච භූතභයං තථා..15..

Ya Idam Pathate Stotram Namashtashatam-Uttamam। Na Tasya Duritam Kinchin-Na Cha Bhutabhayam Tatha॥15॥

Meaning:ഈ ഉത്തമ അഷ്ടോത്തരശത (൧൦൮) നാമ സ്തോത്രം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവന് യാതൊരു പാപവുമില്ല, ഭൂതഭയവുമില്ല.

Verse 16

න ශත්රුභ්යෝ භයං කිඤ්චිත් ප්රාප්නුයාන්මානවඃ ක්වචිත්. පාතකේභ්යෝ භයං නෛව පඨේත් ස්තෝත්රමතඃ සුධීඃ..16..

Na Shatrubhyo Bhayam Kinchit Prapnuyan-Manavah Kvachit। Patakebhyo Bhayam Naiva Pathet Stotram-Atah Sudhih॥16॥

Meaning:അങ്ങനെയുള്ളവന് ശത്രുക്കളിൽ നിന്ന് യാതൊരു ഭയവുമില്ല, പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ഭയവുമില്ല; അതിനാൽ ബുദ്ധിമാൻ ഈ സ്തോത്രം നിശ്ചയമായും പാരായണം ചെയ്യണം.

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භෛරවඃ🔊BhairavahBhairava — the fearsome form of Shiva (also 'he who fills with awe and removes fear')

භූතනාථඃ🔊BhutanathahLord of all beings and of the bhuta-ganas (spirit hosts)

භූතභාවනඃ🔊BhutabhavanahThe sustainer and well-wisher of all created beings

ක්ෂේත්රපාලඃ🔊KshetrapalahThe guardian of the sacred field/place (Kshetrapala)

ශ්මශානවාසී🔊Shmashana-VasiHe who dwells in the cremation ground

ස්මරාන්තකෘත්🔊SmarantakritThe one who ended Smara (Kama, the god of desire)

සිද්ධිදඃ🔊SiddhidahThe bestower of spiritual attainments (siddhis)

ත්රිනේත්රඃ🔊TrinetrahThe three-eyed one

පිඞ්ගලලෝචනඃ🔊Pingala-LochanahHe of the tawny, fiery eyes

ශූලපාණිඃ ඛඩ්ගපාණිඃ🔊Shulapanih KhadgapanihBearing the trident in one hand and the sword in another

යෝගිනීපතිඃ🔊Yogini-PatihThe lord of the Yoginis

ධනදඃ🔊DhanadahThe giver of wealth

ව්යෝමකේශඃ🔊VyomakeshahHe whose hair spreads through the sky (space itself)

කපාලභෘත්🔊KapalabhritThe bearer of the skull (kapala)

කපාලමාලී🔊KapalamaliWearing a garland of skulls

බටුකඃ බටුවේෂඃ🔊Batukah BatuveshahThe youthful boy (Batuka) in the form and garb of a young lad

ඛට්වාඞ්ගවරධාරකඃ🔊Khatvanga-VaradharakahThe bearer of the skull-topped staff (khatvanga)

පශුපතිඃ🔊PashupatihLord of all creatures (Pashupati)

ශඞ්කරප්රියබාන්ධවඃ🔊Shankara-Priya-BandhavahThe dear kinsman/companion of Shankara (Shiva)

ජ්ඤානචක්ෂුඃ🔊Jnana-ChakshuhHe who is the eye of knowledge (sees through wisdom)

සර්වාපත්තාරණඃ🔊Sarvapat-TaranahThe deliverer from all calamities and dangers — the key protective epithet

දුෂ්ටභූතනිෂේවිතඃ🔊Dushta-Bhuta-NishevitahAttended by (and commanding) even the malevolent spirits

ජගද්රක්ෂාකරඃ🔊Jagad-RakshakarahThe protector of the whole world

සර්වසිද්ධිප්රදෝ වෛද්යඃ🔊Sarva-Siddhiprado VaidyahThe giver of all attainments and the divine physician (healer)

ය ඉදං පඨතේ ස්තෝත්රං නාමාෂ්ටශතමුත්තමම්🔊Ya Idam Pathate Stotram Namashtashatam-UttamamWhoever recites this excellent hymn of one hundred and eight names (phala-shruti opening)

Benefits of Chanting ബടുക ഭൈരവ അഷ്ടോത്തരശതനാമ സ്തോത്രം

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Invokes Batuka Bhairava as Sarvapat-Tarana — the deliverer from every calamity and danger

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The phala-shruti promises freedom from all fear of spirits (bhuta-bhaya), enemies and sins

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Traditionally recited for powerful protection, especially against negative energies and black magic

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Removes obstacles and is believed to bestow siddhis (the hymn calls him Siddhida)

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Calls upon Bhairava as Vaidya, the divine physician — chanted for relief from affliction

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A complete meditation on 108 names and forms of the guardian Bhairava, deepening devotion and fearlessness

How to Chant ബടുക ഭൈരവ അഷ്ടോത്തരശതനാമ സ്തോത്രം

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Best TimeBhairava Ashtami, Kalashtami (Ashtami of the waning moon), Sunday or Tuesday nights, and during evening (pradosh) worship

This is a tantric namastotram. Sit facing south (the direction of Bhairava), light a lamp (mustard-oil is traditional) and, where observed, offer to the dog that accompanies Bhairava. Recite the 108 names flowingly from 'Om Bhairavo Bhutanathascha' to the end, then the phala-shruti verses. It may be read once daily; on Bhairava Ashtami and Kalashtami repeated recitation is especially fruitful. Approach the fierce form with reverence and a clean, sattvic mind.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ബടുക ഭൈരവ അഷ്ടോത്തരശതനാമ സ്തോത്രം written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

Batuka Bhairava is a form of Lord Shiva worshipped as a young boy (batuka means 'lad') who is at once gentle and fiercely protective. He is one of the most important Bhairava forms in the Tantric tradition, invoked as a swift guardian who delivers devotees from danger and grants spiritual attainments.

It is a hymn that recites 108 names (ashtottara-shata-nama) of Batuka Bhairava in flowing anushtubh verse, beginning 'Om Bhairavo Bhutanathascha Bhutatma Bhutabhavanah'. Unlike a namavali (which lists each name with 'Om... Namah'), this is a continuous stotram, ending with phala-shruti verses describing its fruits.

Its own concluding verses declare that the reciter has no evil befall them and no fear of spirits, enemies or sins. It is chanted for strong protection, removal of obstacles and dangers (Sarvapat-Tarana), healing (Bhairava as Vaidya), and the grace of attainments (Siddhida).

It is best chanted on Bhairava Ashtami and Kalashtami, and on Sunday or Tuesday nights, facing south before a lamp. Being a fierce-deity tantric hymn, it should be recited with reverence, cleanliness and devotion. Beginners may simply chant it as a heartfelt prayer to Shiva-Bhairava for protection.