Sri kalabhairava ashtakam in english

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Kalabhairava is one of the most fearsome avatars of Lord Shiva. This form of Lord Shiva is described by Adi Shankaracharya in the Kalabhairava Ashtakam. He is depicted as dark, naked, three eyes, and entwined with snakes and wearing a garland of skulls. Adi Shankaracharya praises lord Kala bhairava in Kalabhairavashtakam as the Lord of death/time, and also, as the lord of the city of Kashi. Get Kalabhairava ashtakam lyrics in telugu and chant to get immense benefits, in particular getting freed from shoka (grief), moha (attachment), lobha (greed), dainya (poverty), kopa (anger), tapa (suffering).

KĀLA BHAIRAVĀŚHṬAKAM

devarāja sevyamāna pāvanāṅghri paṅkajaṃ

vyāḻayaGYa sūtramindu śekharaṃ kṛpākaram |

nāradādi yogibṛnda vanditaṃ digambaraṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 1 ‖

bhānukoṭi bhāsvaraṃ bhavabdhitārakaṃ paraṃ

nīlakaṇṭha mīpsitārdha dāyakaṃ trilochanaṃ |

kālakāla mambujākśha mastaśūnya makśharaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 2 ‖

śūlaṭaṅka pāśadaṇḍa pāṇimādi kāraṇaṃ

śyāmakāya mādideva makśharaṃ nirāmayam |

bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vichitra tāṇḍava priyaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 3 ‖

bhukti mukti dāyakaṃ praśastachāru vigrahaṃ

bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastaloka vigraham |

nikvaṇan-manoGYa hema kiṅkiṇī lasatkaṭiṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 4 ‖

dharmasetu pālakaṃ tvadharmamārga nāśakaṃ

karmapāśa mochakaṃ suśarma dāyakaṃ vibhum |

svarṇavarṇa keśapāśa śobhitāṅga nirmalaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 5 ‖

ratna pādukā prabhābhirāma pādayugmakaṃ

nitya madvitīya miśhṭa daivataṃ nirañjanam |

mṛtyudarpa nāśanaṃ karāḻadaṃśhṭra bhūśhaṇaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 6 ‖

aṭṭahāsa bhinna padmajāṇḍakośa santatiṃ

dṛśhṭipāta naśhṭapāpa jālamugra śāsanam |

aśhṭasiddhi dāyakaṃ kapālamālikā dharaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 7 ‖

bhūtasaṅgha nāyakaṃ viśālakīrti dāyakaṃ

kāśivāsi loka puṇyapāpa śodhakaṃ vibhum |

nītimārga kovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje ‖ 8 ‖

kālabhairavāśhṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ

GYānamukti sādhakaṃ vichitra puṇya vardhanam |

śokamoha lobhadainya kopatāpa nāśanaṃ

te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghri sannidhiṃ dhruvam ‖ 9 ‖