Kalabhairava Ashtakam

Devarāja sevyamāna pāvanāṅghri paṅkajaṃ
VyāḻayaGYa sūtramindu śekharaṃ kṛpākaram |
Nāradādi yogibṛnda vanditaṃ digambaraṃ
Kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 1 ‖

Bhānukoṭi bhāsvaraṃ bhavabdhitārakaṃ paraṃ
Nīlakaṇṭha mīpsitārdha dāyakaṃ trilochanaṃ |
Kālakāla mambujākśha mastaśūnya makśharaṃ
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Śūlaṭaṅka pāśadaṇḍa pāṇimādi kāraṇaṃ
Śyāmakāya mādideva makśharaṃ nirāmayam |
Bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vichitra tāṇḍava priyaṃ
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Bhukti mukti dāyakaṃ praśastachāru vigrahaṃ
Bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastaloka vigraham |
Nikvaṇan-manoGYa hema kiṅkiṇī lasatkaṭiṃ
Kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 4 ‖

Dharmasetu pālakaṃ tvadharmamārga nāśakaṃ
Karmapāśa mochakaṃ suśarma dāyakaṃ vibhum |
Svarṇavarṇa keśapāśa śobhitāṅga nirmalaṃ
Kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 5 ‖

Ratna pādukā prabhābhirāma pādayugmakaṃ
Nitya madvitīya miśhṭa daivataṃ nirañjanam |
Mṛtyudarpa nāśanaṃ karāḻadaṃśhṭra bhūśhaṇaṃ
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Aṭṭahāsa bhinna padmajāṇḍakośa santatiṃ
Dṛśhṭipāta naśhṭapāpa jālamugra śāsanam |
Aśhṭasiddhi dāyakaṃ kapālamālikā dharaṃ
Kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 7 ‖

Bhūtasaṅgha nāyakaṃ viśālakīrti dāyakaṃ
Kāśivāsi loka puṇyapāpa śodhakaṃ vibhum |
Nītimārga kovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ
Kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 8 ‖

Kālabhairavāśhṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ
GYānamukti sādhakaṃ vichitra puṇya vardhanam |
Śokamoha lobhadainya kopatāpa nāśanaṃ
Te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghri sannidhiṃ dhruvam ‖