Rahu Stotra (25 Names) · राहु स्तोत्र (पच्चीस नाम)

A short Sanskrit stotra praising Rahu by twenty-five names, beginning "Rahur danava-mantri cha".

Shloka 1
राहुर्दानव मन्त्री च सिंहिकाचित्तनन्दनः ।राहुर् दानव मन्त्री च सिंहिका चित्त नन्दनः ।rahur danava mantri cha sinhika chitta nandanah |अर्धकायः सदाक्रोधी चन्द्रादित्यविमर्दनः ॥अर्ध कायः सदा क्रोधी चन्द्रादित्य विमर्दनः ॥ardha kayah sada krodhi chandraditya vimardanah ||
rāhurdānava mantrī ca siṃhikācittanandanaḥ । ardhakāyaḥ sadākrodhī candrādityavimardanaḥ ॥
राहु, दानवों के मंत्री, सिंहिका के हृदय को आनंद देने वाले; आधे शरीर वाले, सदा क्रोधी, चंद्रमा और सूर्य को पीड़ा देने वाले।
Rahu, minister of the danavas, joy of Simhika's heart; the half-bodied one, ever wrathful, who torments the Moon and the Sun.
Shloka 2
रौद्रो रुद्रप्रियो दैत्यः स्वर्भानुर्भानुभीतिदः ।रौद्रो रुद्र प्रियो दैत्यः स्वर्भानुर् भानु भीतिदः ।raudro rudra priyo daityah swarbhanur bhanu bhitidah |ग्रहराजः सुधापायी राकातिथ्यभिलाषुकः ॥ग्रह राजः सुधा पायी राकातिथ्यभिलाषुकः ॥graha rajah sudha payi rakatithyabhilashukah ||
raudro rudrapriyo daityaḥ svarbhānurbhānubhītidaḥ । graharājaḥ sudhāpāyī rākātithyabhilāṣukaḥ ॥
रौद्र, रुद्र के प्रिय, दैत्य, स्वर्भानु, सूर्य को भय देने वाले; ग्रहों के राजा, अमृत पीने वाले, पूर्णिमा की प्रतीक्षा करने वाले।
The fierce one, dear to Rudra, the daitya, Svarbhanu, who brings fear to the Sun; king of grahas, drinker of nectar, who longs for the full-moon day.
Shloka 3
कालदृष्टिः कालरूपः श्रीकण्ठहृदयाश्रयः ।काल दृष्टिः काल रूपः श्रीकण्ठ हृदयाश्रयः ।kala drishtih kala rupah shrikantha hridayashrayah |विधुन्तुदः सैंहिकेयो घोररूपो महाबलः ॥विधुन्तुदः सैंहिकेयो घोर रूपो महाबलः ॥vidhuntudah sainhikeyo ghora rupo mahabalah ||
kāladṛṣṭiḥ kālarūpaḥ śrīkaṇṭhahṛdayāśrayaḥ । vidhuntudaḥ saiṃhikeyo ghorarūpo mahābalaḥ ॥
काल-दृष्टि वाले, काल-रूप, श्रीकंठ (शिव) के हृदय में आश्रय पाने वाले; चंद्रमा को पीड़ा देने वाले, सिंहिका के पुत्र, घोर रूप वाले, महाबली।
Whose gaze is death, whose form is time, who dwells in the heart of Shrikantha, Shiva; the tormentor of the Moon, son of Simhika, of terrible form and great strength.
Shloka 4
ग्रहपीडाकरो दंष्ट्री रक्तनेत्रो महोदरः ।ग्रह पीडा करो दंष्ट्री रक्त नेत्रो महोदरः ।graha pida karo danshtri rakta netro mahodarah |पञ्चविंशतिनामानि स्मृत्वा राहुं सदा नरः ॥पञ्चविंशति नामानि स्मृत्वा राहुं सदा नरः ॥panchavinshati namani smritva rahum sada narah ||
grahapīḍākaro daṃṣṭrī raktanetro mahodaraḥ । pañcaviṃśatināmāni smṛtvā rāhuṃ sadā naraḥ ॥
ग्रहों द्वारा पीड़ा देने वाले, दाँतों वाले, लाल नेत्रों वाले, बड़े उदर वाले। जो मनुष्य इन पच्चीस नामों से सदा राहु का स्मरण करता है
Who brings affliction through the grahas, the tusked one, red-eyed and great-bellied. Whoever always remembers Rahu by these twenty-five names
Shloka 5
यः पठेन्महती पीडा तस्य नश्यति केवलम् ।यः पठेन् महती पीडा तस्य नश्यति केवलम् ।yah pathen mahati pida tasya nashyati kevalam |आरोग्यं पुत्रमतुलां श्रियं धान्यं पशूंस्तथा ॥आरोग्यं पुत्रमतुलां श्रियं धान्यं पशूंस्तथा ॥arogyam putramatulam shriyam dhanyam pashunstatha ||
yaḥ paṭhenmahatī pīḍā tasya naśyati kevalam । ārogyaṃ putramatulāṃ śriyaṃ dhānyaṃ paśūṃstathā ॥
और इनका पाठ करता है, उसकी बड़ी पीड़ा पूरी तरह नष्ट हो जाती है। आरोग्य, संतान, अतुल समृद्धि, धान्य और पशु
and recites them, their great affliction is wholly destroyed. Health, children, matchless prosperity, grain and cattle
Shloka 6
ददाति राहुस्तस्मै यः पठते स्तोत्रमुत्तमम् ।ददाति राहुस् तस्मै यः पठते स्तोत्रमुत्तमम् ।dadati rahus tasmai yah pathate stotramuttamam |सततं पठते यस्तु जीवेद्वर्षशतं नरः ॥सततं पठते यस्तु जीवेद् वर्ष शतं नरः ॥satatam pathate yastu jived varsha shatam narah ||
dadāti rāhustasmai yaḥ paṭhate stotramuttamam । satataṃ paṭhate yastu jīvedvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ ॥
राहु उसे देते हैं जो इस उत्तम स्तोत्र का पाठ करता है; जो इसका निरंतर पाठ करता है, वह सौ वर्ष जीता है।
Rahu gives to whoever recites this excellent stotra; whoever recites it constantly lives a hundred years.

About this text

Rahu is one of the nine grahas of Hindu astrology, a shadow planet without a body of its own. In the Puranic story, the asura Svarbhanu, son of Simhika, slipped among the gods to drink the nectar of immortality; the Sun and Moon exposed him, and Vishnu cut off his head with the Sudarshana chakra. The head, now immortal, became Rahu, which is why he is said to swallow the Sun and Moon at eclipses. This stotra, which its editions attribute to the Skanda Purana, gathers twenty-five of his names, among them Svarbhanu, Saimhikeya (son of Simhika), Vidhuntuda (tormentor of the Moon) and Ardhakaya (the half-bodied), and closes by saying that whoever recites it is freed from great affliction.