Teekshna Damshtra Kala Bhairava Ashtakam
ōṃ yaṃ yaṃ yaṃ yakṣarūpaṃ daśadiśividitaṃ bhūmikaṃ pāyamānaṃ
saṃ saṃ saṃ saṃhāramūrtiṃ śiramukuṭajaṭā śēkharaṃ candrabimbaṃ |
daṃ daṃ daṃ dīrghakāyaṃ vikritanakha mukhaṃ cōrdhvarōmaṃ karālaṃ
paṃ paṃ paṃ pāpanāśaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 1 ॥
raṃ raṃ raṃ raktavarṇaṃ kaṭikaṭitatanuṃ tīkṣṇadamṣṭrākarālaṃ
ghaṃ ghaṃ ghaṃ ghōṣa ghōṣaṃ gha gha gha gha gha ghaṭitaṃ gharjharam ghōranādam |
kaṃ kaṃ kaṃ kālapāśaṃ dṛka dṛka dṛkitaṃ jvālitaṃ kāmadēhaṃ
taṃ taṃ taṃ divyadēhaṃ praṇamata satatāṃ, bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 2 ॥
laṃ laṃ laṃ laṃ vadantaṃ la la la la la lalitaṃ dīrgha jihvā karālaṃ
dhuṃ dhuṃ dhuṃ dhūmravarṇaṃ sphuṭa vikaṭamukhaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhīmarūpam |
ruṃ ruṃ ruṃ ruṇḍamālaṃ ravitanu niyataṃ tāmranētraṃ karālaṃ
naṃ naṃ naṃ nagnabhūṣaṃ praṇamata satatāṃ, bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 3 ॥
vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vāyuvēgaṃ natajanasadayaṃ brahmapāraṃ parantam
khaṃ khaṃ khaṃ khaḍgahastaṃ tribhuvanavilayaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhīmarūpam |
caṃ caṃ caṃ calitvācala cala calitā cālitaṃ bhūmicakraṃ
maṃ maṃ maṃ māyi rūpaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 4 ॥
śaṃ śaṃ śaṃ śaṅkhahastaṃ śašikaradhavalaṃ mōkṣa saṃpūrṇa tējaṃ
maṃ maṃ maṃ maṃ mahāntaṃ kulamakulakuḷaṃ mantraguptaṃ sunityam |
yaṃ yaṃ yaṃ bhūtanāthaṃ kilikilikilitaṃ bālakēlipradānaṃ
aṃ aṃ aṃ antarīkṣaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 5 ॥
khaṃ khaṃ khaṃ khaḍgabhēdaṃ viṣamamṛtamayaṃ kālakālaṃ karālaṃ
kṣaṃ kṣaṃ kṣaṃ kṣipravēgaṃ dahadahadahanaṃ taptasandīpyamānam |
hauṃ hauṃ hauṃkāranādaṃ prakaṭitagahanaṃ garjitairbhūmikampam
vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vālalīlaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 6 ॥
saṃ saṃ saṃ siddhiyōgaṃ sakalaguṇamakhaṃ dēva dēvaṃ prasannam
paṃ paṃ paṃ padma nāthaṃ harihara mayanaṃ candra sūryāgninētraṃ |
aiṃ aiṃ aiṃ aiśwaryanādhaṃ satata bhayaharaṃ pūrvadēvaṃ swarūpaṃ
rauṃ rauṃ rauṃ raudrarūpaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 7 ॥
haṃ haṃ haṃ haṃsayānaṃ hasitakalahakaṃ muktayōgāṭṭahāsaṃ
dhaṃ dhaṃ dhaṃ nētrarūpaṃ śiramukuṭajaṭābandha bandhāgrahastam |
taṃ taṃ taṅkānādaṃ tridaśalaṭalaṭaṃ kāmagarvāpahāraṃ,
bhṛṃ bhṛṃ bhṛṃ bhūtanāthaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣētrapālam ॥ 8 ॥
ityēvaṃ kāmayuktaṃ prapaṭati niyataṃ bhairavasyāṣṭakaṃ
yō nirvighnaṃ du:khanāśaṃ surabhayaharaṇaṃ ḍākinīśākinīnāṃ |
naśyēddi vyāghrasarpauhuta vahasalilē rājyaśaṃsaśya śūnyaṃ
sarvānaśyanti dūraṃ vipada idi br̥śaṃ cintanātsarvasiddhaṃ ||
bhairavasyāṣṭakamidaṃ ṣānmānaṃ yaḥ paṭhēnaraḥ
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra dēvō mahēśwaraḥ ||
sindhūrāruṇa gātraṃ ca sarvajanma vinirmitaṃ
mukuṭāgryadharaṃ dēvaṃ bhairavaṃ praṇamāmyaham ||
namō bhūtanāthaṃ namō prētanāthaṃ
namaḥ kālakālaṃ namaḥ rudramālam |
namaḥ kālikāprēmalōlaṃ karālaṃ
namō bhairavaṃ kāśikākṣētrapālam ॥
iti tīkṣṇa damṣṭra kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇam ||