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 śrīmacchaṅkarācārya viracitaṃ kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ।