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Kālabhairava Aṣṭakam

Shiva
| Ashtakam
| by Adi Shankaracharya
kālabhairavāṣṭakam devarājasevyamānapāvanāṅghripaṅkajaṃ vyālayajñasūtraminduśekharaṃ kṛpākaram nāradādiyogivṛndavanditaṃ digambaraṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje bhānukoṭibhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhitārakaṃ paraṃ nīlakaṇṭhamīpsitārthadāyakaṃ trilocanam kālakālamambujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje śūlaṭaṅkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ śyāmakāyamādidevamakṣaraṃ nirāmayam bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastacāruvigrahaṃ bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastalokavigraham vinikvaṇanmanojñahemakiṅkiṇīlasatkaṭiṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje dharmasetupālakaṃ tvadharmamārganāśakaṃ karmapāśamocakaṃ suśarmadāyakaṃ vibhum svarṇavarṇaśeṣapāśaśobhitāṅgamaṇḍalaṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakaṃ nityamadvitīyamiṣṭadaivataṃ nirañjanam mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃ karāladaṃṣṭramokṣadaṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍakośasantatiṃ dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanam aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapālamālikādharaṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje bhūtasaṅghanāyakaṃ viśālakīrtidāyakaṃ kāśivāsalokapuṇyapāpaśodhakaṃ vibhum nītimārgakovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ jñānamuktisādhanaṃ vicitrapuṇyavardhanam śokamohadainyalobhakopatāpanāśanaṃ prayānti kālabhairavāṅghrisannidhiṃ narā dhruvam ||iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācaryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrī-kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam||
Source: Traditional

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