Sun. Nov 30th, 2025

Kalabhairava Ashtakam | kālabhairavāṣṭakam — IAST

devarāja-sevyamāna-pāvanāṅghri-paṅkajṃ
vyālayajña-sūtramindu-śekharṃ kṛpākaram ।
nāradādi-yogibṛnda-vanditṃ digambarṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 1 ॥

bhānukoṭi-bhāsvarṃ bhavabdhitārakṃ parṃ
nīlakaṇṭha-mīpsitārdha-dāyakṃ trilocanam ।
kālakāla-mambujākṣa-makṣaśūla-makṣarṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 2 ॥

śūlaṭaṅka-pāśadaṇḍa-pāṇimādi-kāraṇṃ
śyāmakāya-mādideva-makṣarṃ nirāmayam ।
bhīmavikramṃ prabhuṃ vicitra tāṇḍava priyṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 3 ॥

bhukti-mukti-dāyakṃ praśastacāru-vigrahṃ
bhaktavatsalṃ sthirṃ samastaloka-vigraham ।
nikvaṇan-manojña-hema-kiṅkiṇī-lasatkaṭiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 4 ॥

dharmasetu-pālakṃ tvadharmamārga nāśakṃ
karmapāśa-mocakṃ suśarma-dāyakṃ vibhum ।
svarṇavarṇa-keśapāśa-śobhitāṅga-maṇḍalṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 5 ॥

ratna-pādukā-prabhābhirāma-pādayugmakṃ
nitya-madvitīya-miṣṭa-daivatṃ nirañjanam ।
mṛtyudarpa-nāśanṃ karāladṃṣṭra-mokṣaṇṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 6 ॥

aṭṭahāsa-bhinna-padmajāṇḍakośa-santatiṃ
dṛṣṭipāta-naṣṭapāpa-jālamugra-śāsanam ।
aṣṭasiddhi-dāyakṃ kapālamālikā-dharṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 7 ॥

bhūtasaṅgha-nāyakṃ viśālakīrti-dāyakṃ
kāśivāsi-loka-puṇyapāpa-śodhakṃ vibhum ।
nītimārga-kovidṃ purātanṃ jagatpatiṃ
kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavṃ bhaje ॥ 8 ॥

kālabhairavāṣṭakṃ paṭhanti ye manoharṃ
jñānamukti-sādhakṃ vicitra-puṇya-vardhanam ।
śokamoha-lobhadainya-kopatāpa-nāśanṃ
te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghri-sannidhiṃ dhruvam ॥

iti śrīmaccaṅkarācārya viracitṃ kālabhairavāṣṭakṃ sampūrṇam ।

yaha bhī paḍheṃ :

jaya śiva /śṃkara jī kī āratī ( Jai Shiv/Shankar Ji Ki Aarti)

śiva tāṇḍava stotram(Shiva Tandav Stotram)

śiva pañcākṣara stotram (Shiva Panchakshara Stotram)

śivarāmāṣṭakastotram (Shiva Ramashtakam Stotram)

śiva aṣṭottara śata nāmāvali (Shiva Ashtottara Sata Namavali)

Chandrasekhara Ashtakam | candraśekharāṣṭakam

śivarakṣāstotram (Shiva Raksha Stotram)

bilvāṣṭakam (Bilvaashtakam)

kāśī viśvanāthāṣṭakam (Kasi Vishwanathashtakam)

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