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shuddhasphaTikasa~NkAshaM sahasrAdityavarchasam |
nIlajImUtasa~NkAshaM nIlA~njanasamaprabham || 1||
aShTabAhuM trinayanaM chaturbAhuM dvibAhukam |
daMShTrAkarAlavadanaM nUpurArAvasa~Nkulam || 2||
bhuja~NgamekhalaM devamagnivarNashiroruham |
digambaraM kumArIshaM baTukAkhyaM mahAbalam || 3||
khaTvA~NgamasipAshaM cha shUlaM dakShiNabhAgataH |
DamaruM cha kapAlaM cha varadaM bhujagaM tathA || 4||
agnivarNasamopetaM sArameyasamanvitam |
dhyAtvA japet susaMhR^iShTaH sarvAn kAmAnavApnuyAt || 5||

|| iti shrImadApaduddhArakabaTukabhairavadhyAnaM sampUrNam ||
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Notes:

The Āpaduddhāraka Baṭuka Bhairava DhyānaM ##ApaduddhAraka baTuka bhairava dhyAnam## given here precedes the Āpaduddhāraka Baṭuka Bhairava Aṣṭottaraśatanāma StotraM ##ApaduddhAraka baTuka bhairava aShTottarashatanAmastotram## from the RudrayāmalaTantraM ##rudrayAmalatantram## and ViśvasāroddhāraTantraM ##vishvasAroddhAratantram##.

Some publications have given a different set of Śloka-s ##shlokAH## for DhyānaM ##ApaduddhAraka baTuka bhairava dhyAnam## that can be accessed from one of the links given below.

The said StotraM ##stotram## (ĀpaduddhārakaBaṭukaBhairavAṣṭottaraśatanāmaStotraM ##ApaduddhArakabaTukabhairavAShTottarashatanAmastotram##) and the Nāmāvaliḥ ##nAmAvaliH## derived from the same (ĀpaduddhārakaBaṭukaBhairavĀṣṭottaraśataNāmāvaliḥ ##ApaduddhArakabaTukabhairavAShTottarashatanAmAvaliH##) can be accessed from the respective links given below.

The details about the procedure of the pāṭha ##pATha## are mentioned in the referenced source publication.


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