Goddess Kali

śrī guhyakālī sudhādhārā stavaḥ

(Sri Guhyakali Sudhadhara Stavah in English (IAST))

From Mahakala Samhita

Also known as sri guhya kali sudha dhara stava · shri guhyakali sudhadhara stavah · shree guhyakali sudhadhara stavah

A stava of Guhyakali from the Mahakala Samhita, ascribed to Adinatha and spoken by Mahakala Rudra, and almost the whole of it is negative. Verse after verse is a chain of ablatives saying what is not the case of her — because she is without lineage and without shape, because she is not confined to any one thing, because she is not marked out by scripture, because she has no parts, because she originates nothing, because she is uncommon, unrelated, of undivided ground, not a cause, and without beginning or end — and every chain resolves in the same line: you alone are established as the form of the supreme brahman. Only in the middle does a figure appear at all, on the throne of the syllable e with both feet pressed down upon Shiva and Bhairava.

|| śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
|| śrī guhyakālī sudhādhārā stavaḥ ||
(śrī mahākāla saṃhitā)
|| mahākāla rudra uvāca||
acintyāmitākāraśaktisvarūpā
prativyaktyadhiṣṭhānasattvaikamūrtiḥ |
guṇātītanirdvandvabodhaikagamyā
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 1 ||
agotrākṛtitvādanaikāntikatvā-
dalakṣyāgamatvādaśeṣākaratvāt |
prapañcālasatvādanārambhakatvāt
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 2 ||
asādhāraṇatvādasambandhakatvā-
dabhinnāśrayatvādanākārakatvāt |
avidyātmakatvādanādyantakatvāt
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 3 ||
yadā naiva dhātā na viṣṇurna rudro
na kālo na vā pañcabhūtāni nāśā |
tadā kāraṇībhūta sattvaikamūrti-
stvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 4 ||
na mīmāṃsakā naiva kālāditarkā
na sāṅkhyā na yogā na vedāntavedāḥ |
na devā viduste nirākārabhāvaṃ
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 5 ||
na te nāmagotre na te janmamṛtyū
na te dhāmaceṣṭe na te duḥkhasaukhye |
na te mitraśatrū na te bandhamokṣau
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 6 ||
na bālā na ca tvaṃ vayaskā na vṛddhā
na ca strī na ṣaṇḍhaḥ pumānnaiva ca tvam |
na ca tvaṃ suro nāsuro no naro vā
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 7 ||
jale śītalatvaṃ śucau dāhakatvaṃ
vidhau nirmalatvaṃ ravau tāpakatvam |
tavaivāmbike yasya kasyāpi śakti-
stvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 8 ||
papau kṣveḍamugraṃ purā yanmaheśaḥ
punaḥ saṃharatyantakāle jagacca |
tavaiva prasādānna ca svasya śaktyā
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 9 ||
karālākṛtīnyānanāni śrayantī
bhajantī karāstrādi bāhulyamittham |
jagatpālanāyā'surāṇāṃ vadhāya
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 10 ||
ruvantī śivābhirvahantī kapālaṃ
jayantī surārīn vadhantī prasannā |
naṭantī patantī calantī hasantī
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 11 ||
apādā'pi vātādhikaṃ dhāvasi tvaṃ
śrutibhyāṃ vihīnā'pi śabdaṃ śṛṇoṣi |
anāsā'pi jighrasya netrā'pi paśya-
svajihvā'pi nānārasāsvāda vijñā || 12 ||
yathā bimbamekaṃ raverambarasthaṃ
praticchāyayā yāvadekodakeṣu |
samudbhāsate'nekarūpaṃ yathāvat
tvamekā parabrahmarūpeṇa siddhā || 13 ||
yathā bhrāmayitvā mṛdaṃ cakramadhye
kulālo vidhatte śarāvaṃ ghaṭaṃ ca |
mahāmohayantreṣu bhūtānyaśeṣān
tathā mānuṣāṃstvaṃ sṛjasyādisarge || 14 ||
yathā raṅgarajjvarkadṛṣṭiṣvakasmā-
nṛṇāṃ rūpadarvīkarāmbubhramaḥ syāt |
jagatyatra tattanmaye tadvadeva
tvamekaiva tattannivṛtau samastam || 15 ||
mahājyoti ekāra siṃhāsanaṃ yat-
svakīyān surān vāhayasyugramūrte |
avaṣṭabhya padbhyāṃ śivaṃ bhairavaṃ ca
sthitā tena madhye bhavatyeva mukhyā || 16 ||
kva yogāsane yogamudrādinītiḥ
kva gomāyupotasya bālānanaṃ ca |
jaganmātarādṛk tavā'pūrvalīlā
kathaṃ kāramasmadvidhairdevi gamyā || 17 ||
viśuddhā parā cinmayī svaprakāśā-
mṛtānandarūpā jagadvyāpikā ca |
tavedṛgvidhāyā nijākāramūrtiḥ
kimasmābhirantarhṛdi dhyāyitavyā || 18 ||
|| dhyānam ||
mahāghorakālānala jvālajvālā
hitā tyaktavāsā mahāṭṭāṭṭahāsā |
jaṭābhārakālā mahāmuṇḍamālā
viśālā tvamīdṛṅmayā dhyāyase'mba || 19 ||
|| śaraṇāgati ||
tapo naiva kurvan vapuḥ khedayāmi
vrajannāpi tīrthaṃ pade khañjayāmi |
paṭhannāpi vedaṃ janiṃ pāvayāmi
tvadaṅghridvaye maṅgalaṃ sādhayāmi || 20 ||
tiraskurvato'nyāmaropāsanārce
parityaktadharmādhvarasyāsya jantoḥ |
tvadārādhanānyasta cittasya kiṃ me
kariṣyantyamī dharmarājasya dūtāḥ || 21 ||
na manye hariṃ no vidhātāramīśaṃ
na vahniṃ na hyarkaṃ na cendrādi devān |
śivodīritāneka vākyaprabandhai-
stvadarcāvidhānaṃ viśatvamba matyām || 22 ||
na vā māṃ vinindantu nāma tyajenmāṃ
tyajedbāndhavā jñātayaḥ santyajantu |
yamīyā bhaṭā nārake pātayantu
tvamekā gatirme tvamekā gatirme || 23 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
mahākālarudroditastotrametat
sadā bhaktibhāvena yo'dhyeti bhaktaḥ |
na cāpanna śoko na rogo na mṛtyu-
rbhavet siddhirante ca kaivalyalābhaḥ || 24 ||
idaṃ śivāyāḥ kathitaṃ sudhādhārākhyaṃ stavam |
etasya satatābhyāsāt siddhiḥ karatalesthitā || 25 ||
etat stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ padyaṃ tritayamapyadaḥ |
paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnena naimittikasamarpaṇe || 26 ||
|| stuti padya ||
saumyendīvaranīlanīradaghaṭāproddāmadehacchaṭā
lāsyonmādaninādamaṅgalacayaiḥ śroṇyantadolajjaṭāḥ |
sā kālī karavālakālakalanā hantvaśriyaṃ caṇḍikā || 27 ||
kālī krodhakarālakālabhayadonmādapramodālayā
netropāntakṛtāntadaityanivahāproddāma dehābhayā |
pāyādvo jayakālikā pravalikā hūṅkāraghorānanā
bhaktānāmabhayapradā vijayadā viśveśasiddhāsanā || 28 ||
karālonmukhī kālikā bhīmakāntā
kaṭivyāghracarmāvṛtā dānavāntā |
hūṃ hūṃ kaḍmaḍīnādinī kālikā tu
prasannā sadā naḥ prasannān punātu || 29 ||
|| iti ādināthaviracita mahākālasaṃhitāyāṃ śrī guhyakālī sudhādhārā stavaḥ sampūrṇam ||

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