kālabhairavāṣṭakam · Chapter 1

devarājyasevyamānapāvanāghripaṃkajam
vyālayajñasūtramiṃdūśekharaṃ kṛpākaram|
nāradādiyogivṛṃda vaṃditaṃ digaṃbaram
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
bhānukoṭibhāskaraṃ bhavābditārakaṃ paraṃ
nīlakaṇṭhamīpsithārthadāyakaṃ trilocanama|
kālakālamambujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
śūlaṭaṃkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyamādidevamakṣaraṃ nirāmayama|
bhīmavikrama prabhuṃ vicitra tāṃḍavapriyaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastalokavigrahaṃ
bhaktavastalaṃ sthitaṃ samastalokavigrahaṃ|
vinikaṇvanmanojñhemkiṃkiṇīlastakaṭiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
dharmasetūpālakaṃ tvadharmamārgnāśakam
karmapāśamocakam suśarmadārakam vibhum|
svarṇavarṇaśeṣpāśaśobhitāṃgamaṇḍalaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakam
nityamadvitīyamiṣṭa daivataṃ niraṃjanam|
mṛtyu darpa nāśanaṃ karāladaṃṣṭra mokṣaṇam
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍkośasaṃtatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanaṃ
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapālamālikādharaṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
bhūtasaṃghanāyakaṃ viśālakirtīdāyakaṃ
kāśivāsalokapuṇyapāpaśodhakaṃ vibhum|
nitimārgakovidam purātanam jagatpatiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|
kālabhairavāṣṭakam paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ
jñānamukti sādhanam vicitrapuṇyavardhanam|
śokamohdainyalobhakopatāpnāśanam
prayānti kālabhairavāṃghrisannidhim narā dhṛvam
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavam bhaje|