śrīśaṅkarabhagavatpādakṛtam
devarājasevyamānapāvanāṃghripaṅkajaṃ
vyālayajñasūtraminduśekharaṃ kṛpākaram |
nāradādiyogivṛndavanditaṃ digaṃbaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||1||bhānukoṭibhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhitārakaṃ paraṃ
nīlakaṇṭhamīpsitārthadāyakaṃ trilocanam |
kālakālamaṃbujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||2||śūlaṭaṃkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyamādidevamakṣaraṃ nirāmayam |
bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||3||bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ praśastacāruvigrahaṃ
bhaktavatsalaṃ sthitaṃ samastalokavigraham |
vinikvaṇanmanojñahemakiṅkiṇīlasatkaṭiṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||4||dharmasetupālakaṃ tvadharmamārganāśakaṃ
karmapāśamocakaṃ suśarmadāyakaṃ vibhum |
svarṇavarṇaśeṣapāśaśobhitāṃgamaṇḍalaṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||5||ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakaṃ
nityamadvitīyamiṣṭadaivataṃ niraṃjanam |
mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃ karāladaṃṣṭramokṣadaṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||6||aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍakośasaṃtatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanam |
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃ kapālamālikādharaṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||7||bhūtasaṃghanāyakaṃ viśālakīrtidāyakaṃ
kāśivāsalokapuṇyapāpaśodhakaṃ vibhum |
nītimārgakovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ bhaje ||
||8||phalaśrutiḥ
kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhaṃti ye manoharaṃ
jñānamuktisādhanaṃ vicitrapuṇyavardhanam |
śokamohadainyalobhakopatāpanāśanaṃ
prayānti kālabhairavāṃghrisannidhiṃ narā dhruvam ||
||9||iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrīkālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |