Kala Bhairava Ashtakam

kālabhairavāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

devarāja-sevyamāna-pāvanāṅghri-paṅkajaṃ
vyālayajña-sūtramindu-śekharaṃ kṛpākaram |
nāradādi-yogibṛnda-vanditaṃ digambaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 1 ||

bhānukoṭi-bhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhi-tārakaṃ paraṃ
nīlakaṇṭhamīpsitārthadāyakaṃ trilocanam |
kālakālamambujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 2 ||

śūlaṭaṅkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyamādidevamakṣaraṃ nirāmayam |
bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 3 ||

bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastacāruvigrahaṃ
bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastalokavigraham |
vinikvaṇanmanojñahemakiṅkiṇīlasatkaṭiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 4 ||

dharmasetupālakaṃ tvadharmamārganāśakaṃ
karmapāśamocakaṃ suśarmadāyakaṃ vibhum |
svarṇavarṇakeśapāśabhūṣitaṃ trilocanaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 5 ||

ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakaṃ
nityamadvitīyamiṣṭadaivataṃ nirañjanam |
mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃ karāladaṃṣṭramokṣaṇaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 6 ||

aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍakośasantatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanam |
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapālamālikādharaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 7 ||

bhūtasaṅghanāyakaṃ viśālakīrtidāyakaṃ
kāśivāsalokapuṇyapāpaśodhakaṃ vibhum |
nītimārgakovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 8 ||

kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ
jñānamuktisādhanaṃ vicitrapuṇyavardhanam |
śokamohadainyalobhakopatāpanāśanaṃ
te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghrisannidhiṃ dhruvam || 9 ||