Ketu Stotra (25 Names) · केतु स्तोत्र (पच्चीस नाम)

A short Sanskrit stotra praising Ketu by twenty-five names, beginning "Ketuh kalah kalayita".

Shloka 1
केतुः कालः कलयिता धूम्रकेतुर्विवर्णकः ।ketuh kalah kalayita dhumraketurvivarnakah |लोककेतुर्महाकेतुः सर्वकेतुर्भयप्रदः ॥lokaketurmahaketuh sarvaketurbhayapradah ||
ketuḥ kālaḥ kalayitā dhūmraketurvivarṇakaḥ । lokaketurmahāketuḥ sarvaketurbhayapradaḥ ॥
केतु; काल; कलयिता (गणना करने वाले); धूम्रकेतु; विवर्ण; लोककेतु; महाकेतु; सर्वकेतु; भय देने वाले।
Ketu; Kala (time); Kalayita (who measures); Dhumraketu (the smoky banner); the colourless one; banner of the world; the great banner; banner of all; giver of fear.
Shloka 2
रौद्रो रुद्रप्रियो रुद्रः क्रूरकर्मा सुगन्धधृक् ।raudro rudrapriyo rudrah krurakarma sugandhadhrik |पलाशधूमसंकाशश्चित्रयज्ञोपवीतधृक् ॥palashadhumasankashashchitrayagyopavitadhrik ||
raudro rudrapriyo rudraḥ krūrakarmā sugandhadhṛk । palāśadhūmasaṃkāśaścitrayajñopavītadhṛk ॥
रौद्र; रुद्रप्रिय; रुद्र; क्रूर कर्म करने वाले; सुगंध धारण करने वाले; पलाश के धुएँ के समान; चित्र-विचित्र यज्ञोपवीत धारण करने वाले।
The fierce one; beloved of Rudra; Rudra himself; of cruel deeds; bearer of fragrance; like the smoke of palasha wood; wearing a many-coloured sacred thread.
Shloka 3
तारागणविमर्दी च जैमिनेयो ग्रहाधिपः ।taraganavimardi cha jaimineyo grahadhipah |गणेशदेवो विघ्नेशो विषरोगार्तिनाशनः ॥ganeshadevo vighnesho visharogartinashanah ||
tārāgaṇavimardī ca jaimineyo grahādhipaḥ । gaṇeśadevo vighneśo viṣarogārtināśanaḥ ॥
तारागणों का मर्दन करने वाले; जैमिनेय; ग्रहाधिप; गणेशदेव; विघ्नेश; विष और रोग की पीड़ा का नाश करने वाले।
Crusher of the hosts of stars; Jaimineya; lord of the planets; the god Ganesha; lord of obstacles; destroyer of the pain of poison and disease.
Shloka 4
प्रव्रज्यादो ज्ञानदश्च तीर्थयात्राप्रवर्तकः ।pravrajyado gyanadashcha tirthayatrapravartakah |पञ्चविंशतिनामानि केतोर्यः सततं पठेत् ॥panchavinshatinamani ketoryah satatam pathet ||
pravrajyādo jñānadaśca tīrthayātrāpravartakaḥ । pañcaviṃśatināmāni ketoryaḥ satataṃ paṭhet ॥
प्रव्रज्या (संन्यास) देने वाले; ज्ञान देने वाले; तीर्थयात्रा कराने वाले। जो केतु के इन पच्चीस नामों का निरंतर पाठ करता है,
Giver of renunciation; giver of knowledge; who sets pilgrimages in motion. Whoever constantly recites these twenty-five names of Ketu,
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तस्य नश्यति बाधा च सर्वकेतुप्रसादतः ।tasya nashyati badha cha sarvaketuprasadatah |धनधान्यपशूनां च भवेद् वृद्धिर्न संशयः ॥dhanadhanyapashunam cha bhaved vriddhirna sanshayah ||
tasya naśyati bādhā ca sarvaketuprasādataḥ । dhanadhānyapaśūnāṃ ca bhaved vṛddhirna saṃśayaḥ ॥
उसकी बाधा सर्वकेतु की कृपा से नष्ट हो जाती है, और उसके धन, धान्य और पशुओं की निश्चय ही वृद्धि होती है।
his affliction is destroyed by the grace of Ketu in every form, and his wealth, grain and cattle surely increase.

About this text

Ketu is the shadow planet that, in the Puranic story, is the headless body of the asura Svarbhanu after Vishnu cut off his head (which became Rahu) when he drank the nectar of immortality. In astrology he is linked with detachment, spiritual knowledge and sudden change. This stotra gathers twenty-five of his names, among them Dhumraketu (the smoky banner), Jaimineya, lord of the planets, and Ganeshadeva, and says that whoever recites them is freed from affliction and gains wealth, grain and cattle. Only one independent edition of this stotra was found online, so its names could not be compared; the text is taken from that edition.