Kala Bhairava Ashtakam
dēvarājasēvyamānapāvanāṅghripaṅkajaṃ
vyālayajñasūtraminduśēkharaṃ kṛpākaram |
nāradādiyōgibṛndavanditaṃ digambaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 1 ||
bhānukōṭibhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhitārakaṃ paraṃ
nīlakaṇṭhamīpsitārthadāyakaṃ trilōcanam |
kālakālamambujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 2 ||
śūlaṭaṅkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyamādidēvamakṣaraṃ nirāmayam |
bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 3 ||
bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastacāruvigrahaṃ
bhaktavatsalaṃ sthiraṃ samastalōkavigraham |
nikvaṇanmanōjñahēmakiṅkiṇīlasatkaṭiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 4 ||
dharmasētupālakaṃ tvadharmamārganāśakaṃ
karmapāśamōcakaṃ suśarmadāyakaṃ vibhum |
svarṇavarṇakēśapāśaśōbhitāṅgamaṇḍalaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 5 ||
ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakaṃ
nityamadvitīyamiṣṭadaivataṃ nirañjanam |
mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃ karāladamṣṭrabhīṣaṇaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 6 ||
aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍakōśasantatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanam |
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapālamālikādharaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 7 ||
bhūtasaṅghanāyakaṃ viśālakīrtidāyakaṃ
kāśivāsilōkapuṇyapāpaśōdhakaṃ vibhum |
nītimārgakōvidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatim
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhajē || 8 ||
kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti yē manōharaṃ
jñānamuktisādhanaṃ vicitrapuṇyavardhanam |
śōkamōhadainyalōbhakōpatāpanāśanaṃ
tē prayānti kālabhairavāṅghrisannidhiṃ dhruvam || 9 ||
iti śrīmacchaṅkarācārya viracitaṃ kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇam |