Kalabhairava Ashtakam 
(कालभैरवाष्टकम्)

kālabhairava aṣṭakam

devarāja sevyamāna pāvanāṅghri paṅkajaṃ
vyālayajña sūtramindu śekharaṃ kṛpākaram  .
nāradādi yogivṛnda vanditaṃ digaṃbaraṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje.. 1..

bhānukoṭi bhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhitārakaṃ paraṃ
nīlakaṇṭham īpsitārtha dāyakaṃ trilocanam .
kālakālam aṃbujākṣam akṣaśūlam akṣaraṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje..2..

śūlaṭaṅka pāśadaṇḍa pāṇimādi kāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyam ādidevam akṣaraṃ nirāmayam .
bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ..3..

bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastacāruvigrahaṃ
bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastalokavigraham .
vinikvaṇan manojñahemakiṅkiṇī lasatkaṭiṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ..4..

dharmasetupālakaṃ tvadharmamārganāśakaṃ
karmapāśa mocakaṃ suśarmadāyakaṃ vibhum .
svarṇavarṇaśeṣapāśa śobhitāṅgamaṇḍalaṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje .. 5..

ratnapādukā prabhābhirāma pādayugmakaṃ
nityam advitīyam iṣṭadaivataṃ nirañjanam .
mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃ karāl̤adaṃṣṭramokṣaṇaṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ..6..

aṭṭahāsa bhinnapadmajāṇḍakośa santatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpa jālamugraśāsanam .
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapāla mālikandharaṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ..7..

bhūtasaṅghanāyakaṃ viśālakīrtidāyakaṃ
kāśivāsaloka puṇyapāpaśodhakaṃ vibhum .
nītimārgakovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ
kāśikā purādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ..8..

kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ
jñānamuktisādhanaṃ vicitrapuṇyavardhanam .
śoka moha dainya lobha kopa tāpa nāśanaṃ
te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghri sannidhiṃ dhruvam ..9..

iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracitaṃ kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇam ..