Teekshna Danshtra Kalabhairava Ashtakam

yaṃ yaṃ yaṃ yakṣarūpaṃ daśadiśividitaṃ bhūmikampāyamānaṃ saṃ saṃ saṃhāramūrtiṃ śiramukuṭajaṭā śekharaṃ candrabimbam । daṃ daṃ daṃ dīrghakāyaṃ vikṛtanakhamukhaṃ cordhvaromaṃ karālaṃ paṃ paṃ paṃ pāpanāśaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 1 ॥ raṃ raṃ raṃ raktavarṇaṃ kaṭikaṭitatanuṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ ghaṃ ghaṃ ghaṃ ghoṣa ghoṣaṃ ghaghaghagha ghaṭitaṃ gharjaraṃ ghoranādam । kaṃ kaṃ kaṃ kālapāśaṃ dhṛka dhṛka dhṛkitaṃ jvālitaṃ kāmadāhaṃ taṃ taṃ taṃ divyadehaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 2 ॥ laṃ laṃ laṃ laṃ vadantaṃ lalalala lalitaṃ dīrghajihvā karālaṃ dhūṃ dhūṃ dhūṃ dhūmravarṇaṃ sphuṭavikaṭamukhaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhīmarūpam । ruṃ ruṃ ruṃ ruṇḍamālaṃ ravitamaniyataṃ tāmranetraṃ karālaṃ naṃ naṃ naṃ nagnabhūṣaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 3 ॥ vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vāyuvegaṃ natajanasadayaṃ brahmasāraṃ parantaṃ khaṃ khaṃ khaṃ khaḍgahastaṃ tribhuvanavilayaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhīmarūpam । caṃ caṃ caṃ calitvā'cala cala calitāccālitaṃ bhūmicakraṃ maṃ maṃ maṃ māyirūpaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 4 ॥ śaṃ śaṃ śaṃ śaṅkhahastaṃ śaśikaradhavalaṃ mokṣa sampūrṇa tejaṃ maṃ maṃ maṃ maṃ mahāntaṃ kulamakulakulaṃ mantraguptaṃ sunityam । yaṃ yaṃ yaṃ bhūtanāthaṃ kilikilikilitaṃ bālakelipradhānaṃ aṃ aṃ aṃ antarikṣaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 5 ॥ khaṃ khaṃ khaṃ khaḍgabhedaṃ viṣamamṛtamayaṃ kālakālaṃ karālaṃ kṣaṃ kṣaṃ kṣaṃ kṣipravegaṃ dahadahadahanaṃ taptasandīpyamānam । hauṃ hauṃ hauṅkāranādaṃ prakaṭitagahanaṃ garjitairbhūmikampaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vālalīlaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 6 ॥ saṃ saṃ saṃ siddhiyogaṃ sakalaguṇamakhaṃ devadevaṃ prasannaṃ paṃ paṃ paṃ padmanābhaṃ hariharamayanaṃ candrasūryāgninetram । aiṃ aiṃ aiṃ aiśvaryanāthaṃ satatabhayaharaṃ pūrvadevasvarūpaṃ rauṃ rauṃ rauṃ raudrarūpaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 7 ॥ haṃ haṃ haṃ haṃsayānaṃ hasitakalahakaṃ muktayogāṭṭahāsaṃ naṃ naṃ naṃ netrarūpaṃ śiramukuṭajaṭābandhabandhāgrahastam । [dhaṃdhaṃdhaṃ] ṭaṃ ṭaṃ ṭaṃ ṭaṅkāranādaṃ tridaśalaṭalaṭaṃ kāmagarvāpahāraṃ bhuṃ bhuṃ bhuṃ bhūtanāthaṃ praṇamata satataṃ bhairavaṃ kṣetrapālam ॥ 8 ॥ ityevaṃ kāmayuktaṃ prapaṭhati niyataṃ bhairavasyāṣṭakaṃ yo nirvighnaṃ duḥkhanāśaṃ surabhayaharaṇaṃ ḍākinīśākinīnām । naśyeddhi vyāghrasarpau hutavaha salile rājyaśaṃsasya śūnyaṃ sarvā naśyanti dūraṃ vipada iti bhṛśaṃ cintanātsarvasiddhim ॥ 9 ॥ bhairavasyāṣṭakamidaṃ ṣāṇmāsaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ ॥ 10 ॥ sindūrāruṇagātraṃ ca sarvajanmavinirmitam । mukuṭāgryadharaṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ praṇamāmyaham ॥ 11 ॥ namo bhūtanāthaṃ namo pretanāthaṃ namaḥ kālakālaṃ namaḥ rudramālam । namaḥ kālikāpremalolaṃ karālaṃ namo bhairavaṃ kāśikākṣetrapālam ॥ iti tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭra kālabhairavāṣṭakam ॥

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits

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