Ketu Ashtottara Sata Namavali
Ketu Ashtottara Sata Namavali
Ketu Ashtottara Sata Namavali
ketu aṣṭottara śata nāmāvali
oṃ ketave namaḥ |
oṃ sthūlaśirase namaḥ |
oṃ śiromātrāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhvajākṛtaye namaḥ |
oṃ navagrahayutāya namaḥ |
oṃ siṃhikāsurīgarbhasambhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahābhītikarāya namaḥ |
oṃ citravarṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ piṅgalākṣakāya namaḥ |
oṃ phalodhūmrasaṅkāśāya namaḥ || 10 ||
oṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahoragāya namaḥ |
oṃ raktanetrāya namaḥ |
oṃ citrakāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ tīvrakopāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāsurāya namaḥ |
oṃ krūrakaṇṭhāya namaḥ |
oṃ krodhanidhaye namaḥ |
oṃ chāyāgrahaviśeṣakāya namaḥ |
oṃ antyagrahāya namaḥ || 20 ||
oṃ mahāśīrṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ sūryāraye namaḥ |
oṃ puṣpavadgrahiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ varadahastāya namaḥ |
oṃ gadāpāṇaye namaḥ |
oṃ citravastradharāya namaḥ |
oṃ citradhvajapatākāya namaḥ |
oṃ ghorāya namaḥ |
oṃ citrarathāya namaḥ |
oṃ śikhine namaḥ || 30 ||
oṃ kulutthabhakṣakāya namaḥ |
oṃ vaiḍūryābharaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ utpātajanakāya namaḥ |
oṃ śukramitrāya namaḥ |
oṃ mandasakhāya namaḥ |
oṃ gadādharāya namaḥ |
oṃ nākapataye namaḥ |
oṃ antarvedīśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ jaiminigotrajāya namaḥ |
oṃ citraguptātmane namaḥ || 40 ||
oṃ dakṣiṇāmukhāya namaḥ |
oṃ mukundavarapātrāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāsurakulodbhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ ghanavarṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ lambadehāya namaḥ |
oṃ mṛtyuputrāya namaḥ |
oṃ utpātarūpadhāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ adṛśyāya namaḥ |
oṃ kālāgnisannibhāya namaḥ |
oṃ nṛpīḍāya namaḥ || 50 ||
oṃ grahakāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ sarvopadravakārakāya namaḥ |
oṃ citraprasūtāya namaḥ |
oṃ analāya namaḥ |
oṃ sarvavyādhivināśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ apasavyapracāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ navame pāpadāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ pañcame śokadāya namaḥ |
oṃ uparāgakhecarāya namaḥ |
oṃ atipuruṣakarmaṇe namaḥ || 60 ||
oṃ turīye sukhapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ tṛtīye vairadāya namaḥ |
oṃ pāpagrahāya namaḥ |
oṃ sphoṭakakārakāya namaḥ |
oṃ prāṇanāthāya namaḥ |
oṃ pañcame śramakārakāya namaḥ |
oṃ dvitīye'sphuṭavagdātre namaḥ |
oṃ viṣākulitavaktrakāya namaḥ |
oṃ kāmarūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ siṃhadantāya namaḥ || 70 ||
oṃ satye anṛtavate namaḥ |
oṃ caturthe mātṛnāśāya namaḥ |
oṃ navame pitṛnāśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ antye vairapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ sutānandanabandhakāya namaḥ |
oṃ sarpākṣijātāya namaḥ |
oṃ anaṅgāya namaḥ |
oṃ karmarāśyudbhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ upānte kīrtidāya namaḥ |
oṃ saptame kalahapradāya namaḥ || 80 ||
oṃ aṣṭame vyādhikartre namaḥ |
oṃ dhane bahusukhapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ janane rogadāya namaḥ |
oṃ ūrdhvamūrdhajāya namaḥ |
oṃ grahanāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ pāpadṛṣṭaye namaḥ |
oṃ khecarāya namaḥ |
oṃ śāmbhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ aśeṣapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ || 90 ||
oṃ naṭāya namaḥ |
oṃ śubhā'śubhaphalapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhūmrāya namaḥ |
oṃ sudhāpāyine namaḥ |
oṃ ajitāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktavatsalāya namaḥ |
oṃ siṃhāsanāya namaḥ |
oṃ ketumūrtaye namaḥ |
oṃ ravīndudyutināśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ amarāya namaḥ || 100 ||
oṃ pīḍakāya namaḥ |
oṃ amartyāya namaḥ |
oṃ viṣṇudṛṣṭāya namaḥ |
oṃ asureśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktarakṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ vaicitryakapaṭasyandanāya namaḥ |
oṃ vicitraphaladāyine namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradāya namaḥ || 108 ||
About This Stotram
Overview
Ketu Ashtottara Sata Namavali is a Sanskrit namavali listing 108 sacred names of Ketu, the lunar south node revered as a Navagraha in Hindu astrology. Each name invokes a specific quality of Ketu and is recited as a devotional offering to seek his favor.
What are the benefits of chanting Ketu Ashtottara Sata Namavali?
- Reduces the malefic effects of Ketu in the birth chart and during transits
- Supports spiritual growth, detachment, and inner clarity
- Offers protection from sudden setbacks and negative karmic influences
- Helps cultivate intuition and concentration during meditation
When is the best time to recite this?
Saturdays are the traditional day for Ketu worship, as Ketu is often linked to Saturn's energy. Reciting during Ketu's planetary hours or when Ketu's transit is active in a sensitive house of the natal chart is especially beneficial. Morning or evening recitation as part of daily puja is also common.
Historical and traditional background
Ashtottara Sata Namavalis for the Navagrahas are part of a long tradition of planetary worship found in Puranic and Tantric literature. Ketu, as the descending lunar node, was incorporated into the Navagraha system in later Puranic texts and became the subject of dedicated hymns designed to mitigate astrological hardship. The practice of chanting 108 names is ancient in Hinduism, where 108 is considered a number of spiritual completeness. This namavali is traditionally recited as part of Navagraha puja rituals.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Ketu Kavacham — a protective armor hymn to Ketu recited to shield against his malefic influence
- Navagraha Stotram — a hymn addressing all nine planetary deities together
- Ketu Gayatri Mantra — a short Vedic-style mantra for daily Ketu worship