Batuk Bhairava Rahasyam
बटुकभैरवरहस्यम्
Sanskrit
श्रीदेव्युवाच - भगवन् देवदेवश ! रहस्यं बटुकाय मे । ब्रूहि येन वशीकुर्यात् साधको भैरवं शिवम् ॥ १॥
Transliteration
śrīdevyuvāca - bhagavan devadevaśa ! rahasyaṃ baṭukāya me | brūhi yena vaśīkuryāt sādhako bhairavaṃ śivam || 1||
Translation
Sri Devi said: O Lord, God of gods! Tell me the secret of Batuka, by which a practitioner may bring Bhairava Shiva under their influence.
Sanskrit
श्रीबटुक उवाच - शृणु देवि ! परं गोप्यं कथयामि सुशोभने । रहस्यं सिद्धिदं साक्षाद्बटुकस्य महात्मनः ॥ २॥
Transliteration
śrībaṭuka uvāca - śṛṇu devi ! paraṃ gopyaṃ kathayāmi suśobhane | rahasyaṃ siddhidaṃ sākṣādbaṭukasya mahātmanaḥ || 2||
Translation
Sri Batuka said: Listen, O Devi! I shall tell you the supreme secret, O beautiful one, the rahasyam (secret teaching) that directly grants siddhi of the great-souled Batuka.
Sanskrit
सर्वे बटुकदेवस्य साधने ये निरुपिताः । उपाया निष्फला एव विधानं वीरसाधनम् ॥ ३॥ यो वीरसाधनं हित्वा उपायं चान्यमाश्रयेत् । न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति नरो वर्षशतैरपि ॥ ४॥
Transliteration
sarve baṭukadevasya sādhane ye nirupitāḥ | upāyā niṣphalā eva vidhānaṃ vīrasādhanam || 3|| yo vīrasādhanaṃ hitvā upāyaṃ cānyamāśrayet | na sa siddhimavāpnoti naro varṣaśatairapi || 4||
Translation
All methods prescribed for the worship of Batuka Deva are fruitless, the true procedure is Vira-Sadhana (heroic practice). One who abandons Vira-Sadhana and resorts to any other method, that person will not attain siddhi even in a hundred years.
Sanskrit
दक्षिणे भूचरः पातु वामे पातु सदाशिवः । केशान् पातु विशालाक्षो मूर्धानं मे मरुत्प्रियः ॥ ५॥ मस्तकं पातु भृग्वीशो नेत्रं पातु महामनाः । कपोलौ पातु वीरेशो गण्डौ गण्डारिमर्दनः ॥ ६॥
Transliteration
dakṣiṇe bhūcaraḥ pātu vāme pātu sadāśivaḥ | keśān pātu viśālākṣo mūrdhānaṃ me marutpriyaḥ || 5|| mastakaṃ pātu bhṛgvīśo netraṃ pātu mahāmanāḥ | kapolau pātu vīreśo gaṇḍau gaṇḍārimardanaḥ || 6||
Translation
May Bhuchara protect on the right, may Sadashiva protect on the left. May Vishalaksha protect my hair, may Marutpriya protect my crown. May Bhrigvisha protect my head, may Mahamana protect my eyes. May Viresha protect my cheeks, may Gandari-Mardana protect my temples.
Sanskrit
उत्तरोष्ठं विरुपाक्षो ह्यधरे योगिनीप्रियः । दन्ते वक्षसि विध्वंसी चिबुके पातु कालधृक् ॥ ७॥ कण्ठे रक्षतु मे देवो नीलकण्ठो जगद्गुरुः । दक्षस्कन्धे गिरीन्द्रेशो वामस्कन्धे च सुन्दरः ॥ ८॥
Transliteration
uttaroṣṭhaṃ virupākṣo hyadhare yoginīpriyaḥ | dante vakṣasi vidhvaṃsī cibuke pātu kāladhṛk || 7|| kaṇṭhe rakṣatu me devo nīlakaṇṭho jagadguruḥ | dakṣaskandhe girīndreśo vāmaskandhe ca sundaraḥ || 8||
Translation
May Virupaksha protect the upper lip, Yogini-Priya the lower lip. May Vidhvamsi protect the teeth and chest, may Kala-Dhrik protect the chin. May the deity Nilakantha, the world-guru, protect my throat. May Girindresha protect the right shoulder, and Sundara the left.
Sanskrit
भुजे च दक्षिणे सर्वमन्त्रनाथः सदाऽवतु । वामे भुजे सर्वभीमो हृदयं पातु पाण्डुरः ॥ ९॥ दक्षस्तने पशुपतिर्वामे पातु महेश्वरः । उदरे सर्वकल्याणकारकोऽवतु मां सदा ॥ १०॥
Transliteration
bhuje ca dakṣiṇe sarvamantranāthaḥ sadā'vatu | vāme bhuje sarvabhīmo hṛdayaṃ pātu pāṇḍuraḥ || 9|| dakṣastane paśupatirvāme pātu maheśvaraḥ | udare sarvakalyāṇakārako'vatu māṃ sadā || 10||
Translation
May Sarva-Mantra-Natha always protect the right arm, may Sarva-Bhima protect the left arm, may Pandura protect the heart. May Pashupati protect the right breast, Maheshvara the left. May the cause of all auspiciousness always protect my belly.
Sanskrit
नाभौ कामप्रतिध्वंसी जङ्घे पातु महामनाः । जानुनी पातु यामित्रो गुल्फो गौरीपतिः सदा ॥ ११॥ पादपृष्ठौ ज्ञाननिधिस्तथा पादाङ्गुलीर्हरः । पादाधः पातु सततं व्योमकेशो जगत्प्रियः ॥ १२॥
Transliteration
nābhau kāmapratidhvaṃsī jaṅghe pātu mahāmanāḥ | jānunī pātu yāmitro gulpho gaurīpatiḥ sadā || 11|| pādapṛṣṭhau jñānanidhistathā pādāṅgulīrharaḥ | pādādhaḥ pātu satataṃ vyomakeśo jagatpriyaḥ || 12||
Translation
May Kama-Pratidhvamsi protect my navel, Mahamana my shins. May Yamitra protect my knees, may Gauri-Pati always protect my ankles. May Jnana-Nidhi protect the tops of my feet, Hara protect my toes. May Vyomakesha, beloved of the world, constantly protect the soles of my feet.
Sanskrit
इति रक्षां समाधाय मन्त्ररक्षां ततश्चरेत् । अथ मन्त्ररक्षा - ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रूं ह्रः पूर्वे भैरवाय नमः । ॐ ह्रिं ह्रुं ह्रौं ओग्नेय रुरु भैरवाय नमः । ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं दक्षिणे चण्ड भैरवाय नमः । ॐ ग्ल्ह्रां ग्ल्ह्रूं ग्ल्ह्रीं नग नग नैरृत्ये क्रोध भैरवाय नमः । ॐ प्रं श्रूं प्रूं सः सः पश्चिमे उन्मत्त भैरवाय नमः । ॐ ब्रां ब्रां ब्रां वायव्ये कपाल भैरवाय नमः । ॐ भ्रां भ्रां भ्रां उत्तरे भीषण भैरवाय नमः । ॐ प्रूं प्रूं स्रूं फट् ईशाने संहार भैरवाय नमः ।
Transliteration
iti rakṣāṃ samādhāya mantrarakṣāṃ tataścaret | atha mantrarakṣā - oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ hraḥ pūrve bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ hriṃ hruṃ hrauṃ ogneya ruru bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ dakṣiṇe caṇḍa bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ glhrāṃ glhrūṃ glhrīṃ naga naga nairṛtye krodha bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ praṃ śrūṃ prūṃ saḥ saḥ paścime unmatta bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ brāṃ brāṃ brāṃ vāyavye kapāla bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ bhrāṃ bhrāṃ bhrāṃ uttare bhīṣaṇa bhairavāya namaḥ | oṃ prūṃ prūṃ srūṃ phaṭ īśāne saṃhāra bhairavāya namaḥ |
Translation
Having established this body protection, one should then perform the Mantra-Raksha (mantra protection): Om Hraam Hrim Hrum Hrah, salutations to Bhairava in the East! Om Hrim Hrum Hraum, salutations to Ruru Bhairava in the Southeast! Om Hrim Shrim, salutations to Chanda Bhairava in the South! Om Glhraam Glhrum Glhrim Naga Naga, salutations to Krodha Bhairava in the Southwest! Om Pram Shrum Prum Sah Sah, salutations to Unmatta Bhairava in the West! Om Braam Braam Braam, salutations to Kapala Bhairava in the Northwest! Om Bhraam Bhraam Bhraam, salutations to Bhishana Bhairava in the North! Om Prum Prum Srum Phat, salutations to Samhara Bhairava in the Northeast!
Benefits of Recitation
- ✦A "rahasyam" (secret), the most closely guarded teaching of Batuka Bhairava
- ✦Spoken by Batuka himself directly, a rare occurrence in tantric literature
- ✦The Mantra-Raksha contains unique bija-mantra sequences for each Ashta Bhairava
- ✦Creates complete directional protection using the eight Ashta Bhairava forms
- ✦Declares Vira-Sadhana as the only effective method, "hundred years of other methods are fruitless"
- ✦Each body part protected by a specific epithet of Bhairava unique to this text
- ✦The bija sequences (Glhraam, Braam, Bhraam, Prum) are found only in this Rahasyam
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