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Kalabhairava Ashtakam

కాలభైరవాష్టకమ్

Kalabhairava Ashtakam is a traditional Bhairava devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

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|

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Bhairava through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of कालभैरवाष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 56881, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.