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Kalabhairava Stotram

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Devotional text

śrīkālabhairavāṣṭakamkam
śrīkālabhairavāṣṭakamkam
devarājasevyamānapāvanāṃghripaṅkajaṃ
jaṃ
vyālayajñasūtraminduśekharaṃśekharaṃkṛpākaram|
nāradādiyogivṛndavanditaṃ
taṃdigaṃbaraṃgaṃbaraṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||1||
bhānukoṭibhāsvaraṃ
raṃbhavābdhitārakaṃ
tārakaṃparaṃ
nīlakaṇṭhamīpsitārthadāyakaṃdāyakaṃtrilocanamlocanam|
kālakālamaṃbujākṣamakṣaśūlamakṣaraṃ
raṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||2||
śūlaṭaṃkapāśadaṇḍapāṇimādikāraṇaṃ
kāraṇaṃ
śyāmakāyamādidevamakṣaraṃraṃnirāmayamrāmayam|
bhīmavikramaṃmaṃprabhuṃbhuṃvicitratāṇḍavapriyaṃyaṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||3||
bhuktimuktidāyakaṃdāyakaṃpraśastacāruvigrahaṃhaṃ
bhaktavatsalaṃlaṃsthitaṃtaṃsamastalokavigrahamham|(sthiramram)
vinikvaṇanmanojñahemakiṅkiṇīlasatkaṭiṃ(nikvaṇanṇan)
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||4||
dharmasetupālakaṃsetupālakaṃtvadharmamārganāśakaṃnāśakaṃ(nāśanaṃ)
karmapāśamocakaṃpāśamocakaṃsuśarmadāyakaṃdāyakaṃvibhumbhum|
svarṇavarṇaśeṣapāśaśobhitāṃgamaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ(keśapāśa, nirmalaṃlaṃ)
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||5||
ratnapādukāprabhābhirāmapādayugmakaṃmakaṃ
nityamadvitīyamiṣṭadaivataṃdaivataṃniraṃjanamraṃjanam|
mṛtyudarpanāśanaṃnāśanaṃkarāladaṃṣṭramokṣadaṃdaṃ(bhūṣaṇaṃ)
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||6||
śrīkālabhairavāṣṭakamkam
aṭṭahāsabhinnapadmajāṇḍakośasaṃtatiṃ
dṛṣṭipātanaṣṭapāpajālamugraśāsanamśāsanam|
aṣṭasiddhidāyakaṃdāyakaṃkapālamālikādharaṃ
kādharaṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||7||
bhūtasaṃghanāyakaṃviśālakīrtidāyakaṃdāyakaṃ
kāśivāsalokapuṇyapāpaśodhakaṃyapāpaśodhakaṃvibhumbhum|(kāśivāsi
nītimārgakovidaṃdaṃpurātanaṃjagatpatiṃ
kāśikāpurādhināthakālabhairavaṃ
nāthakālabhairavaṃbhaje||8||
||phalaśrutiḥ||
kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃkaṃpaṭhaṃti
yemanoharaṃ
jñānamuktisādhanaṃsādhanaṃvicitrapuṇyavardhanamnam|
śokamohadainyalobhakopatāpanāśanaṃ
lobhakopatāpanāśanaṃ(lobhadainya
prayāntikālabhairavāṃghrisannidhiṃ
ṃnarādhruvamuvam||
(teprayāntikālabhairavāṃghrisannidhiṃ
ṃdhruvamuvam||)
||iti
śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācaryasya
śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥrabhagavataḥkṛtau
śrīkālabhairavāṣṭakaṃkaṃsampūrṇamm||
śrīkālabhairavāṣṭakamkam

About this stotram — Shiva

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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