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Kalabhairava Ashtakam

devarājasevyamānapāvanāṅghripaṅkajaṃ
vyālayajñasūtraminduśekharaṃ kṛpākaram ।
nāradādiyogibṛndavanditaṃ digambaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 1 ॥
bhānukoṭibhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhitārakaṃ paraṃ
nīlakaṇṭhamīpsitārthadāyakaṃ trilocanam ।
kālakālamambujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 2 ॥
śūlaṭaṅkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyamādidevamakṣaraṃ nirāmayam ।
bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 3 ॥
bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastacāruvigrahaṃ
bhaktavatsalaṃ sthiraṃ samastalokavigraham ।
nikvaṇanmanojñahemakiṅkiṇīlasatkaṭiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 4 ॥
dharmasetupālakaṃ tvadharmamārganāśakaṃ
karmapāśamocakaṃ suśarmadāyakaṃ vibhum ।
svarṇavarṇakeśapāśaśobhitāṅganirmalaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 5 ॥
ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakaṃ
nityamadvitīyamiṣṭadaivataṃ nirañjanam ।
mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃ karāladaṃṣṭrabhūṣaṇaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 6 ॥
aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍakośasantatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanam ।
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapālamālikādharaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 7 ॥
bhūtasaṅghanāyakaṃ viśālakīrtidāyakaṃ
kāśivāsilokapuṇyapāpaśodhakaṃ vibhum ।
nītimārgakovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ॥ 8 ॥
kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ
jñānamuktisādhakaṃ vicitrapuṇyavardhanam ।
śokamohadainyalobhakopatāpanāśanaṃ
te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghrisannidhiṃ dhruvam ॥ 9 ॥
iti śrī kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ।

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits