ketu aṣṭottara śata nāma stotram

Listen to the names of Ketu to be recited: Ketu (the comet), Sthūlaśiras (of gross head), Śiromātra (only a head), Dhvajākṛti (of flag-like form). (1)

Navagrahayuta (joined to the nine planets), Siṃhikāsurīgarbhasambhava (born from the womb of the demoness Siṃhikā), Mahābhītikara (great fear-causer), Citravarṇa (of variegated colour), Piṅgaḷākṣaka (of tawny-yellow eyes). (2)

Saphaḷōdhūmrasaṅkāśa (like dense dark smoke), Tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭra (sharp-fanged), Mahoraga (great serpent), Raktanetra (red-eyed), Citrakārī (the variegated doer), Tīvrakopa (of sharp anger), Mahāsura (great demon). (3)

Krūrakaṇṭha (of cruel throat), Krōdhinidhi (treasure of anger), Chāyāgrahaviśeṣaka (a special shadow-planet), Antyagraha (the last of the planets), Mahāśīrṣa (of great head), Sūryāri (enemy of the Sun), Puṣpavadgrahī (seizer of flower offerings). (4)

Varahasta (boon-granting hand), Gadāpāṇi (mace in hand), Citravastradhara (wearer of variegated garments), Citradhvajapatāka (with variegated flag and banner), Ghora (terrible), Citraratha (of wonderful chariot), Śikhī (the crested one). (5)

Kuḷutthabhakṣaka (eater of horse-gram), Vaidūryābharaṇa (adorned with cat's-eye gems), Utpātajanaka (cause of portents), Śukramitra (friend of Venus), Mandasakha (companion of Saturn). (6)

Gadādhara (mace-bearer), Nākapati (lord of heaven), Antarvediśvara (lord of the sacred enclosure), Jaiminīgōtraja (of the Jaiminī lineage), Citraguptātman (of the nature of Citragupta), Dakṣiṇāmukha (facing south). (7)

Mukundavarapātra (recipient of Mukunda's boon), Mahāsurakulodbhava (of the lineage of great demons), Ghanavarṇa (of dense dark colour), Lambadēha (of elongated body), Mṛtyuputra (son of Death). (8)

Utpātarūpadhārī (one who takes the form of portents), Adṛśya (invisible), Kālāgnisannibha (resembling the fire of time), Nṛpīḍa (affliction of kings), Grahakārī (the planet-maker), Sarvōpadravakāraka (causer of all afflictions). (9)

Citraprasūta (of wonderful birth), Anala (the fiery one), Sarvavyādhivināśaka (destroyer of all diseases), Apasavyapracārī (moving in the reverse direction); giver of sin when in the ninth house. (10)

Giver of grief when in the fifth house; the eclipse-planet sky-mover; of supreme deeds (Atipuruṣakarmā); giver of happiness when in the fourth house. (11)

Giver of enmity when in the third house; Pāpagraha (malefic planet); Sphoṭakāraka (cause of eruptions); Prāṇanātha (lord of life); cause of toil when in the fifth house. (12)

Giver of unclear speech when in the second house; Viṣākulitavaktraka (of poison-filled face); Kāmarūpī (taking any desired form); Siṃhadanta (of lion-like teeth); one who speaks falsehood even in truth. (13)

Cause of the mother's loss when in the fourth; cause of the father's loss when in the ninth; giver of enmity at the end; a bond of joy and children. (14)

Sarpākṣijāta (born from the serpent's eye), Anaṅga (bodiless), Karmarāśyudbhava (born from Scorpio); giver of fame near the end; giver of strife when in the seventh house. (15)

Disease-maker when in the eighth; giver of great happiness when in the second; disease-giver in the birth sign; Ūrdhvamūrdhaja (of upward-pointing hair); Grahanāyaka (leader of the planets). (16)

Pāpadṛṣṭi (of sinful glance), Khēcara (sky-mover), Śāmbhava (of Śiva's nature), Aśeṣapūjita (worshipped by all), Śāśvata (eternal), Naṭa (the dancer / actor), Śubhāśubhaphalaprada (giver of both good and bad fruits). (17)

Dhūmra (smoky-hued), Sudhāpāyī (drinker of nectar), Ajita (unconquered), Bhaktavatsala (tender toward devotees), Siṃhāsana (of lion-throne), Ketumūrti (the embodiment of Ketu), Ravīndudyutināśaka (destroyer of the radiance of Sun and Moon). (18)

Amara (immortal), Pīḍaka (the afflicting one), Amartya (deathless), Viṣṇudṛṣṭa (beheld by Viṣṇu), Asureśvara (lord of the demons), Bhaktarakṣa (protector of devotees), Vaichitrya Kapaṭasyandana (of wonderful and deceitful chariot). (19)

Vicitraphaladāyī (giver of wonderful fruits), Bhaktābhīṣṭaphalaprada (giver of all desired fruits to devotees). Thus these one hundred and eight names of the planet Ketu have been declared. (20)

One who devoutly recites these one hundred and eight names of Ketu — that person, by the grace of Ketu, shall attain all that is desired. (21)