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It has been a while since my number of posts on the Atul’s Song A Day Blog have been sitting at a Dozen. The Thirteenth post has taken a while. The number 13 is it Unlucky. Let us see what is the reason for this.
The number 13 is considered unlucky in many cultures (especially in Western countries) for a combination of historical, religious, and cultural reasons that reinforced one another over centuries. Here are the main sources of the superstition:-

1. Christianity and the Last Supper

• Jesus had 12 apostles. At the Last Supper there were 13 people present (Jesus + 12 apostles).
• Judas Iscariot, the 13th guest, betrayed Jesus and later hanged himself.
• This made the number 13 symbolically linked to betrayal, death, and misfortune in Christian tradition.

2. Norse Mythology

• In Norse myth, 12 gods were having a banquet in Valhalla when Loki (the trickster god, uninvited) crashed the party as the 13th guest.
• Loki arranged for the beloved god Balder to be killed.
• This pre-Christian story also tied the number 13 to chaos and death, and it survived in Scandinavian folklore.

3. Historical events and patterns

• Friday the 13th became especially feared because:
– Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
– Combine that with the “13th guest” superstition → Friday the 13th = double bad luck.
• The Knights Templar were arrested en masse on Friday, October 13, 1307, by King Philip IV of France. Many were later tortured and executed. This dramatic historical event added fuel to the existing superstition.

4. Lunar and calendar issues

• A solar year has about 12 lunar months, so a 13th full moon (or a 13th month in some lunisolar calendars) was seen as “extra” and disruptive.
• Some ancient cultures feared anything that broke the neat pattern of 12.

5. Practical and architectural reinforcement

• Because the superstition was already widespread by the 19th–20th centuries, many buildings skipped the 13th floor (going from 12 to 14), hotels often omitted room 13, and airlines sometimes skipped row 13.
• These omissions make the superstition self-reinforcing: people notice the absence and assume it must be because 13 is dangerous.

Where it’s NOT considered unlucky (or is even lucky):

• Italy: 13 is sometimes seen as lucky (associated with Saint Anthony).
• China: The real “unlucky” number is 4 (sounds like “death”). 13 has no strong negative meaning.
• Judaism: 13 is positive (13 years is bar mitzvah age; there are 13 attributes of God’s mercy).
In short, in most Western cultures the fear of 13 (triskaidekaphobia) is primarily a fusion of the Last Supper story, Norse mythology, and centuries of cultural reinforcement—especially the Friday-the-13th combination—rather than a single definitive origin.

Recently, when I discussed a rendition from the movie Baramulla, Atul ji encouraged me to go ahead and make a post around it. Technically, my first post written for the blog never made it as it was about a Pakistani film song. So I thought forget 13 as it is 14th post.

Baramulla is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror thriller film directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale and produced under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. It stars Manav Kaul and Bhasha Sumbli in the lead roles. The film was released on 7 November 2025 on Netflix. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics with praise for the performances and cinematography but criticism for the story and screenplay.

Baramulla is of course the name of a place in Kashmir. The sad plight of Kashmiri Pandits is one of the central themes of the movie. The oppression of Kashmiri Pandits is very old,not something that started in late 1980s of course. Recently, we celebrated 350 years of the Shahadat of ‘Hind Di Chadar’ Guru Tegh Bahadur ji who had fought for the right of Kashmiri Pandits to practice their religion (Aurangzeb was trying to force convert them centuries ago). I thought it would be apt to give a background about his martyrdom and the three holy gurudwaras associated with it.

In 1675, a delegation of Kashmiri Brahmins approached Guru Tegh Bahadur in Anandpur Sahib, pleading for help against Aurangzeb’s policy of forced conversion to Islam. The Guru declared that the only way to stop this oppression was for a great holy man to lay down his life. His nine-year-old son, Gobind Rai (later Guru Gobind Singh), asked, “Who could be holier than you?”

The Guru proceeded to Delhi with three devoted Sikhs: –

• Bhai Mati Das

• Bhai Sati Das

• Bhai Dayala

When they refused to convert to Islam, Aurangzeb ordered their execution in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, on 24 November 1675:

• Bhai Mati Das was sawn alive in half

• Bhai Dayala was boiled alive in a cauldron

• Bhai Sati Das was wrapped in cotton and burnt alive

Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was then publicly beheaded.

The Three Historic Gurudwaras Associated with His Martyrdom

1. Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)
Marks the exact site of martyrdom where Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji and his three companions were executed and beheaded in 1675.

2. Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib (Near Parliament House, New Delhi)
Marks the site where the Guru’s sacred body (without head) was cremated by Bhai Lakhi Shah Vanjara, who secretly carried it away in a cart and set his own house on fire to perform the cremation without detection.

3. Gurudwara Sheesh Ganj Sahib (Anandpur Sahib, Punjab)
Marks the place where the Guru’s severed head was brought by Bhai Jaita (later Bhai Jiwan Singh) and cremated with full honours by the young Guru Gobind Rai and the Sikh Sangat.

These three Gurudwaras remain among the most revered shrines in Sikhism, symbolising the ultimate sacrifice for religious freedom and human dignity.

In view of the theme of the movie, It would be apt to talk about another dark chapter in Kashmir’s history. The numbers and data are indicative.

The Kashmiri Pandit Genocide and Exodus (1989–1990) : The targeted killing and mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits (the indigenous Hindu community of Kashmir Valley) is widely recognized as the Kashmiri Pandit Genocide. It occurred during the peak of the Islamist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir that began in 1989.

Background
• Kashmiri Pandits, a Brahmin community, had lived in the Valley for over 5,000 years. By 1989, they numbered around 120,000–140,000 (about 4–5 % of the Valley’s population).
• From the mid-1980s, radical Islamist groups (supported by Pakistan) began an armed insurgency aiming to establish an Islamic state and drive out or eliminate non-Muslim presence.

The Genocide Phase (January–March 1990)
• On 19 January 1990, mosques across Srinagar blared ultimatums through loudspeakers:
“Kashmiri Pandits must leave the Valley, convert to Islam, or die.”
Slogans included: “Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv” (Convert, die, or leave).
• Selective and brutal killings began:
• Prominent Pandits (judges, teachers, engineers, social workers) were assassinated in broad daylight.
• Women were raped and mutilated; houses were marked with red paint for targeting.
• Key murders:
• Tika Lal Taploo (BJP leader, Sept 1989)
• Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo (Oct 1989)
• Nurse Sarla Bhat (1990, gang-raped and killed)
• Four Indian Air Force officers (1990, shot in Srinagar).

The Mass Exodus
• Between January and March 1990, over 100,000 Pandits fled the Valley in terror, abandoning homes, property, and centuries-old temples.
• By mid-1990, fewer than 4,000–5,000 Pandits remained; today only a few hundred elderly Pandits live in the Valley.
• More than 1,000 Pandits were killed between 1989 and 2004 (official J&K government figures: 209 killed up to 1999; independent estimates are higher).

Aftermath
• Nearly 700 Pandit temples were destroyed or desecrated.
• The community became refugees in their own country, living for over three decades in squalid camps in Jammu and Delhi.
• Successive governments failed to facilitate safe return or justice.

Official Recognition
• 2011: Jammu & Kashmir government officially acknowledged the events as “genocide” in the State Assembly.
• 2022: The Jammu & Kashmir administration again used the term “genocide” in official communications.
• 2024: The Indian Supreme Court, while hearing petitions on Article 370, referred to the “targeted killing and exodus” of Kashmiri Pandits but did not use the legal term genocide.

The Kashmiri Pandit genocide remains one of the most painful and unresolved tragedies in modern Indian history, symbolizing ethnic cleansing driven by religious extremism.

Now let us discuss a bit about the place Baramulla itself. It is located on the banks of the River Jhelum downstream from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The town was earlier known as gateway of Kashmir, serving as the major distribution centre for goods arriving in Kashmir valley through the Jhelum valley cart road. It is located within the Kashmir Valley on the foothills of the Pir Panjal Range.

The town was earlier known as Varāhamūla. The name is derived from two Sanskrit words, varāha (meaning wild boar) and mūla (meaning root/origin). The town was a major urban settlement and trade centre, before suffering extensive damage during the First Kashmir War. Currently, Baramulla is a major centre of business and education in northern Kashmir.

According to Hindu legends, the Kashmir Valley was once a lake known as Satisaras (Parvati’s Lake in Sanskrit). Ancient Hindu texts relate that the lake was occupied by the demon Jalodbhava (meaning “originated from water”) until Lord Vishnu assumed the form of a boar and struck the mountain at Varahamula. This created an opening for the water to flow out of the lake.

The modern Baramulla was called Varahamulaksetra or Varahaksetra in the ancient days. Originally, it was a suburb of Huviskapura (modern Ushkur). Associated with the Adivaraha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, it was considered very sacred. Consequently, many temples and monasteries were built in the ninth and tenth centuries, during the region of Lalitaditya Muktapida, (Queen) Sugandha, and Ksemagupta, when the worship of Vishnu flourished there.
According to some accounts the city of Baramulla was founded by Raja Bhimsina in 2306 B.C. A number of visitors have travelled to Baramulla, including Xuanzang from China and a British historian named Moorcraft. In 1508 A.D., Akbar, who entered the valley via Pakhil, spent several days at Baramulla. According to Tarikh-e-Hassan, the city was decorated during Akbar’s stay. Jahangir stayed at Baramulla during his visit to Kashmir in 1620.

From the beginning, Baramulla has had religious importance. Hindu Teertha and Buddhist Vihars (monasteries) made the city sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists. During the 15th century, it became important to Muslims as well. Syed Janbaz Wali, who visited the valley with his companions in 1421, chose Baramulla as the center of his mission and was later buried there. His shrine attracts pilgrims from throughout the valley.
In 1620, the sixth Sikh Guru, Shri Hargobind, visited the city. In Baramulla Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Sikhs lived in harmony and contributed to its culture.

Baramulla was the oldest and most-important town in northern Kashmir and Jammu (princely state) and Kashmir Valley (by the Rawalpindi-Murree-Muzaffarabad-Baramulla Road) until 27 October 1947. It was ceded to India when the Maharajah signed the instrument of accession on 26 October 1947. The city is the headquarters of the Baramulla district

Now let us talk about the movie itself. The movie has the following star cast:-

• Manav Kaul as DSP Ridwaan Shafi Sayyed

• Bhasha Sumbli as Gulnar Sayyed

• Arista Mehta as Noorie Sayyed

• Rohaan Singh as Ayaan

• Neelofar Hamid as Zainab, the Principal of the Local Public School

• Masoom Mumtaz Khan as Reporter Abbas Tilgami

• Ashwini Koul as Khalid, a pro-militancy agent

• Vikas Shukla as Shaukat

• Mir Sarwar as Ansari

• Priyank Tatariya as Kamlanand Sapru

• Madan Nazneen as Mansi Sapru

• Kiara Khanna as Eela Sapru

• Shahid Latief as Juneid Malik

• Sanjay Suri in a cameo as Sharad Sapru

The movie is Directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale. It is written by Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale and Monal Thaakar. It is produced by Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar and Jyoti Deshpande. Let me now talk a bit about Aditya Dhar.
Aditya Dhar (born 12 March 1983) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, and producer who works in Hindi films. He is best known for directing the 2019 film Uri: The Surgical Strike.

Dhar was born on 12 March 1983 in New Delhi, into a Kashmiri Pandit family. He married noted Actress, Yami Gautam on 4 June 2021. On 10 May 2024, the couple had their first child, a boy named Vedavid Dhar. He has written for a few other movies too. Article 370 is another movie which he wrote and produced. He has already announced his second feature film, Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh along with an ensemble cast of Sara Arjun, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and Akshaye Khanna. It is scheduled to release on 5 December 2025.

The plot of Baramulla is given as below on Wikipedia:-

In the town of Baramulla, Kashmir, a young boy named Shoaib, the son of a local former MLA disappears during a vanishing trick in a magic show in which he volunteered, leaving behind only a lock of hair. To investigate the disappearance, police officer DSP Ridwaan Sayyed arrives in Baramulla with his family consisting of his wife Gulnar, elder daughter Noorie who is highly allergic to dogs & younger son Ayaan. Ridwaan has a strained relationship with Noorie.

Ridwaan and his family are given an old villa to live in, with it’s mute caretaker Iqbal. In the police station, Ridwaan deduces that the magician apprehended for kidnapping Shoaib is innocent contrary to his colleague, inspector Shaukat Ali’s opinion of it being a simple case.

Meanwhile strange occurrences begin to unsettle Ridwaan’s family. Ayan finds an old box containing sea shells under the floorboard of his room. Noorie keeps complaining of her room smelling of dog and notices Iqbal taking a plate of fish and rice to a closed room. Gulnar keeps finding a bottle of her perfume uncorked and knocked over in the cupboard. Moreover Ridwaan’s arrival is greeted with the hostility of the locals who write the word ‘Kaafir’ on the wall of his villa deeply upsetting the family, specially Noorie.

Ridwaan and Shukat visit Shoiab’s father, Ansaari, the local former MLA, who behaves strangely aggressive towards them. While investigating Ridwaan reaches the local public school where Shoaib used to study to talk with his classmates and meets Zainab, the principal of the school. In the school Ridwaan meets Noorie who is admitted there for study and tries to talk to her but Noorie avoids him. Noorie begins to have problems making friends but manages to make friend with a local boy named Khalid.

Ayaan while playing with the sea shells encounters a shadowy spirit of a child and is later seen playing with the spirit.
One night Noorie sees the shadow of a dog and tries to investigate the villa looking for it. During it, she finds a stick on the porch which is covered in dog saliva. It triggers her allergy and sends her to an anaphylactic shock. Gulnaar and Ridwaan saves her by administering her with epipen. Ridwaan is still skeptical of Noorie’s claim of a dog in the premise, making Noorie further emotionally distant from him. Meanwhile another young boy who was pelting stones with a group of stone pelters in Kanli Bagh disappears while fishing in a lake leaving behind a lock of hair similar to the disappearance of Shoaib. Similar disappearances had happened before but went unpublicized. For further investigation, Ridwaan’s team finds the leader of the stone pelters named Afzal but he and his associate destroy evidence and starts a shootout during which Afzal is shot dead but the associate escapes. Ridwaan’s team finds only a pen drive in the shooting site. The pen drive contains only an audio clip named ‘Bhaijaan’ which contains a cryptic message. Ridwaan decodes the message as student identities of students in the local public school.

At the villa, a visually disturbed Noorie arrives home. Hearing a noise, she tries to investigate the closed room where she saw Iqbal taking food and finds that it leads to the attic. There she is abducted by shadowy entities leaving behind a lock of her hair. Gulnaar finds the lock of hair realizing Noorie’s disappearance. Ridwaan arrives at the villa with his investigation team to find Noorie. Iqbal informs them of seeing Noorie with an unkown boy who did not belong to the public school. After seeing the sketch of the boy prepared by the sketch artist upon Iqbal’s describtion, Ridwaan recognizes the boy whom he saw in Anssari’s home. Ridwaan secretly meets Ansaari’s wife for information. Ansaari’s wife identifies the boy in the sketch as Khalid Dar and informs Ridwaan of how he would brainwash children for extremism and militancy and affiliated Shoaib with the stone pelters. While raiding Khalid’s home, Ridwaan finds a phone with a video of Noorie where she professes to join the militants for religious extremism, utterly shocking and disturbing him.

Meanwhile Gulnaar encounters a shadowy spirit of a woman wearing Dejhoor who leads her to a hidden room behind the cupboard. The room contains images of Lord Shiva and other Hindu gods, a Shivalinga and sacred symbols of Kashmiri Shaivism on the wall. Gulnaar realizes that in the past the villa was occupied by a family of Kashmiri Pandits and tries to tell her findings to Ridwaan. But Ridwaan rejects her talks and informs her of Noorie joining the militants leading to Gulnaar lashing at him. It is revealed that a year ago in Reasi, Jammu, Noorie and some her schoolmates were taken hostage by militants in her school. While rescuing the children Ridwaan accidentally shot a classmate of Noorie right in front of her while shooting at a militant which emotionally scarred her against her father.

At night Gulnaar confronts Iqbal about the supernatural occurrences in the villa while he was placing the plate of food in the attic . Iqbal becomes possessed by the female spirit and tells Gulnaar that they are protecting the innocent children from the poison which has been filled in their brain and heart. Then the shadowy female spirit appears before Gulnaar and upon Gulnaar’s request takes her to a shadowy dimension where all the missing children are present. There Gulnaar learns of the next boy who is going to be abducted for protection.

Meanwhile Ridwaan and his team captures Khalid and interrogates him about the missing children. Khalid confesses everything to them that it is an underground operation funded by ISI where the children are picked to go to Pakistan to be trained and indoctrinated for Jihad. The operation is lead by their mysterious secret leader Bhaijaan whom no one has ever seen and by their area commander Juneid. Although they chose the children for farming but before they could be sent to Pakistan, they were all abducted. The militants thought the police force responsible for the disappearance of the chosen children. During this Gulnaar again confronts Ridwaan about her findings but Ridwaan remains skeptical and unconvinced due to which Gulnaar informs him of the next kid to be abducted by the entities for protection, Yassir, Juneid’s nephew.

Ridwaan goes to stop Yassir being exported to Pakistan and shoots the exporter. Yassir picks up the exporter’s rifle to shoot Ridwaan and Ridwaan tries convincing him to surrender. But then the shadowy entities arrive and abduct Yassir right in front of Ridwaan, finally convincing him of the supernatural involvement. At night, Ridwaan arrives at the villa and attends the ritual of offering food with Gulnaar and Iqbal in the attic. A possessed Ayaan arrives and begins answering Gulnaar’s question. It is revealed that Ayan is possessed by the spirit of a little girl named Eela Sapru who in the past lived in the villa with her parents, elder brother and their pet dog and were all betrayed. When asked who betrayed them the possessed Ayaan begins to scratch his forehead until blood came out and the possession ends. During this Zainab arrives in the villa with some police officers. She shows Ridwaan a threatening note written on a piece of cloth which blames her to be a spy for India and threatens her life.

Suddenly the villa is attacked by the militants lead by Juneid. The militants start firing in the villa killing two police officers. Ridwaan and the remaining officer retaliates by firing back. Gulnaar, Ayaan, Iqbal and Zainab goes into hiding. During the attack, Ridwan and Gulnaar begin to see the past of the villa and how it all began. They see that previous occupants of the villa, the family of Kashmiri Pundits consisting of Dr. Kamlanand Sapru, his wife Mansi Sapru, their daughter Eela Sapru and their caretaker, then young Iqbal, they were all at home. Dr. Kamlanand Sapru was anxious for his elder son Sharad Sapru who had not arrived home. A friend of Eela, a local Muslim girl was there at home playing with Eela. The family was preparing to leave to escape the brutal militant attack of that time but since Sharad had not arrived they were waiting. Mansi cut off Eela’s hair and dressed her in boy’s attire trying to save her in disguise. Iqbal was trying to convince them to leave. But suddenly a group of militants arrived. Iqbal tries to stop them but the militants cut off his tongue as a punishment for helping the ‘Kaafirs’. They kill Dr. Kamlanand and began searching for his family who were hiding in the house. During this, they kill the family’s pet dog. Mansi and Eela managed to hide but the local Muslim girl who was Eela’s friend betrayed them by yelling and informing the militants of their location. The militants brutally killed Mansi in their bedroom and killed Eela in the altar room, splattering her blood on the sacred symbol of worship thus the Gods resurrecting them as powerful shadowy spirits for retribution and protection of innocent children from being brainwashed. Ridwaan recognizes Juneid as the then young leader of the militants responsible for the death of the Sapru family and engages in a brutal fight with him. Gulnaar becomes possessed by the spirit of Mansi and kills a militant. Iqbal is killed by a militant while protecting Ayaan but then the vengeful spirit of the pet dog of Sapru family attacks and kills the militant. Juneid manages to temporarily incapacitate Ridwaan. Meanwhile Shaukat arrives with reinforcements. Juneid tries to escape by holding Zainab as a hostage but a possessed Gulnaar shoots Zainab and Ridwaan shoots Juneid. Ridwaan picks up Juneid’s phone and calls Bhaijaan on it. But Zainaab’s phone rings in return leading to the shocking revelation that Zainab was Bhaijaan all along and Gulnaar recognizes Zainab as the girl who betrayed the Sapru family in the past by revealing their location to the militants.

Noorie is returned to her family and the entire Sayyed family then sees the spirits of the Sapru family in the villa.

As it ends, the missing children are all returned in the same location from where they all disappeared from. Noorie finally warms up to her father. Before leaving the villa, as a sign of respect, Gulnaar performs the ritual of offering food to the spirits in the attic.

Then writing appears on screen dedicating the movie to all the Kashmiri Pundits and their descendents, who continue to live on the outside of valley, awaiting justice and return to the land they once called home.
Six months later the Sayyed family visits Dr. Sharad Sapru, the only left alive son of the Sapru family in his home and Ayaan hands him the box containing the sea shells which belonged to Eela as playthings. Seeing them Dr. Sharad Sapru begins to cry and is consoled by his wife and Ridwaan.

It is poignant that actor Sanjay Suri, a Kashmiri Pandit whose family had to flee their home in Kashmir gets to play the role of Dr Sharad Sapru.

Those who have watched the movie Baramulla, witnessed the unforgettable scene of the female lead discovering the Shivlingam and Pooja room next to her room as that intense background music played, and felt the instant rush of goosebumps and tears. Many have had the exact same reaction! That moment is compelling the viewers to find the full Stuti and it is this rendition or chant that is being presented here today in this post.

It is apt that the Chant is sung by Pandit Prem Nath Shastri, a renowned Kashmiri Pandit who has done a lot to protect the Kashmiri Pandit Identity. Since, this post is already quite big, I will request the reader to read about him here .

The powerful chant rendered by him is a Sanskrit Shiv Stotram—often called the Shiv Chaamar Stuti, Atee Bhishan Katu Bhashan, Shiv Shankar Stotram, or Yama Bhaya Nivaran Stotram.

It is a profoundly important prayer, recited with utmost devotion in every Kashmiri Pandit home.

The Yama Bhaya Nivarana Stotram is a hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva, believed to protect one from the fear of death (Yama Bhaya). Its origin is still not comfirmed. Its assumed to have been written either by Adi Shankaracharya or Pushpadanta (still not confirmed). The hymn is composed in Sanskrit and is often recited for spiritual protection and liberation from the fear of death. It’s highly regarded in Kashmiri Pandit tradition and is part of the broader corpus of devotional literature. Let us see what are these Shloks and what is their meaning. The description and meaning is taken from the Youtube video uploaded by Bright Sky Productions.

Shlok 1:
ॐ अति भीषण कटु भाषण यमकिङ्कर पटली,
कृत ताडन परिपीडन मरणागम समये।
उमया सह मम चेतसि यमशासन निवसन्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

meaning: जब अति भयानक और कठोर बोलने वाले यम के दूतों का समूह, मुझे मृत्यु के समय घोर ताड़ना और पीड़ा देगा, उस समय, आप (भगवान शिव) उमा के साथ मेरे हृदय में निवास करते हुए, और यम के शासक को नियंत्रित रखने वाले, शिवशंकर, शिवशंकर, मेरे पापों (दुरितों) को हर लें।

Shlok 2:
अतिदुर्नय चटुलेन्द्रिय रिपु सञ्चय दलिते,
पवि कर्कश कटु जल्पित खलगर्हण चलिते।
शिवया सह मम चेतसि शशिशेखर निवसन्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

meaning: जब अत्यधिक दुराचार और चंचलता वाले इन्द्रिय रूपी शत्रु-समूह द्वारा कुचला गया हूँ, जब कठोर, कडवा बोलने वाले दुष्ट लोगों की निंदा से पीड़ित हूँ, उस समय, आप शिव (पार्वती) के साथ मेरे हृदय में निवास करते हुए और चंद्रमा को अपने सिर पर धारण करने वाले (शशिशेखर), शिवशंकर, शिवशंकर, मेरे पापों को हर लें।

Shlok 3:
भवभञ्जन सुररञ्जन खलवञ्चन पुरहन्,
दनुजान्तक मदनान्तक रविजान्तक भगवन्।
गिरिजावर करुणाकर परमेश्वर भयहन्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

meaning: हे जन्म-मृत्यु के बंधन को तोड़ने वाले (भवभंजन), देवताओं को आनंदित करने वाले (सुररंजन), दुष्टों को छलने वाले (खलवंचन), नगरों का नाश करने वाले (पुरहन्), हे दानवों का अंत करने वाले (दनुजान्तक), कामदेव का अंत करने वाले (मदनान्तक), यम (सूर्यपुत्र) का अंत करने वाले (रविजान्तक), हे भगवन्! हे गिरिजा (पार्वती) के वर, करुणा के सागर (करुणाकर), परमेश्वर, भय का नाश करने वाले (भयहन्), शिवशंकर, शिवशंकर, मेरे पापों को हर लें।

Shlok 4:
शक्रशासन कृतशासन चतुराश्रम विषये,
कलि विग्रहभवदुर्ग्रह रिपुदुर्बल समये।
द्विजक्षत्रिय वनिताशिशुदर कम्पित हृदये,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

meaning:
इन्द्र के शासन (शक्रशासन) और यज्ञों के शासन (कृतशासन) तथा चारों आश्रमों के विषय में, क्लेश, सांसारिक मोह (भवदुर्ग्रह) और जब शत्रु (पाप/आपदा) दुर्बल हो, जब ब्राह्मणों, क्षत्रियों, स्त्रियों और शिशुओं का हृदय भय से काँप रहा हो, शिवशंकर, शिवशंकर, मेरे पापों को हर लें।

Shlok 5:
भव सम्भव विविधामय परिपीडित वपुषं,
दयितात्मज ममताभर कलुषीकृत हृदयम्।
कुरु मां निज चरणार्चन निरतं भव सततम्,

शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥
meaning: मेरा शरीर संसार से उत्पन्न तरह-तरह की बीमारियों से पीड़ित है, मेरा हृदय पत्नी और संतान के प्रति ममता के बोझ से कलुषित हो गया है, आप मुझे अपने चरणों की पूजा में निरंतर लीन रहने वाला बना दें, शिवशंकर, शिवशंकर, मेरे पापों को हर लें।

Let us now listen to the rendition here:-
Audio (Soundtrack)

Same Stuti by same singer(non Film stuti without music)

Video (Partial)

Song- Om Ati Bheeshan Katu Bhaashan Yamkinkar Patlee (Baramulla)(2025) Singer-Pandit Prem Nath Shastri,

Lyrics

Om ati Bheeshan Katu Bhaashan Yamkinkar Patlee
Krit Taadan paripeedan marnaagam samaye
Umaya sah mam chetasi yamshaasan nivsan
ShivShankar ShivShankar har me har duritam

Atidurnay Chatulendriya ripu sanchay dalitey
Pavi karkash katujalpit khalgarhan chalitey
Shivay sah mam chetasi shashishekhar nivsan
ShivShankar ShivShankar har me har duritam

Bhavbhanjan surranjan khalvanjan purahan
danujaantak madanaantak Ravijaantak Bhagwan
Girijaawar Karunaakar Parmeshwar Bhayhan
ShivShankar ShivShankar har me har duritam

Shakrshaasan Kritshaashan Chaturaashram Vishaye
Kali vigrahbhavdurgrah ripudurbal samaye
dwijkshatriy vanitashishudar kampit hridaye
ShivShankar ShivShankar har me har duritam

Bhav Sambhav Vividhaamay paripeedit vapusham
Dayitaatmaj mamataabhar kalusheekrit hridayam
Kuru Maan nij charanaarchan nirantam bhav satatam
ShivShankar ShivShankar har me har duritam

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Lyrics in Sanskrit (Provided by Gajendra Khanna)
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ॐ अति भीषण कटु भाषण यमकिङ्कर पटली,
कृत ताडन परिपीडन मरणागम समये।
उमया सह मम चेतसि यमशासन निवसन्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

अतिदुर्नय चटुलेन्द्रिय रिपु सञ्चय दलिते,
पवि कर्कश कटु जल्पित खलगर्हण चलिते।
शिवया सह मम चेतसि शशिशेखर निवसन्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

भवभञ्जन सुररञ्जन खलवञ्चन पुरहन्,
दनुजान्तक मदनान्तक रविजान्तक भगवन्।
गिरिजावर करुणाकर परमेश्वर भयहन्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

शक्रशासन कृतशासन चतुराश्रम विषये,
कलि विग्रहभवदुर्ग्रह रिपुदुर्बल समये।
द्विजक्षत्रिय वनिताशिशुदर कम्पित हृदये,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥

भव सम्भव विविधामय परिपीडित वपुषं,
दयितात्मज ममताभर कलुषीकृत हृदयम्।
कुरु मां निज चरणार्चन निरतं भव सततम्,
शिवशङ्कर शिवशङ्कर हर मे हर दुरितम्॥