Kaala Bhairavaashtakam
Kaala Bhairavaashtakamdevarāja sevyamāna pāvanāṅghri paṅkajaṃ vyāḷayaṅña sūtramindu śekharaṃ kṛpākaram | nāradādi yogibṛnda vanditaṃ digambaraṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 1 ||
bhānukoṭi bhāsvaraṃ bhavabdhitārakaṃ paraṃ nīlakaṇṭha mīpsitārdha dāyakaṃ trilocanam | kālakāla mambujākṣa mastaśūnya makṣaraṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 2 ||
śūlaṭaṅka pāśadaṇḍa pāṇimādi kāraṇaṃ śyāmakāya mādideva makṣaraṃ nirāmayam | bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitra tāṇḍava priyaṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 3 ||
bhukti mukti dāyakaṃ praśastacāru vigrahaṃ bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastaloka vigraham | nikvaṇan-manoṅña hema kiṅkiṇī lasatkaṭiṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 4 ||
dharmasetu pālakaṃ tvadharmamārga nāśakaṃ karmapāśa mocakaṃ suśarma dāyakaṃ vibhum | svarṇavarṇa keśapāśa śobhitāṅga nirmalaṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 5 ||
ratna pādukā prabhābhirāma pādayugmakaṃ nitya madvitīya miṣṭa daivataṃ nirañjanam | mṛtyudarpa nāśanaṃ karāḷadaṃṣṭra bhūṣaṇaṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 6 ||
aṭṭahāsa bhinna padmajāṇḍakośa santatiṃ dṛṣṭipāta naṣṭapāpa jālamugra śāsanam | aṣṭasiddhi dāyakaṃ kapālamālikā dharaṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 7 ||
bhūtasaṅgha nāyakaṃ viśālakīrti dāyakaṃ kāśivāsi loka puṇyapāpa śodhakaṃ vibhum | nītimārga kovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 8 ||
kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ ṅñānamukti sādhakaṃ vicitra puṇya vardhanam | śokamoha lobhadainya kopatāpa nāśanaṃ te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghri sannidhiṃ dhruvam ||
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