% Text title            : Kalabhairava Ashtakam 1-1
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(shivarahasyAntargate mahAdevAkhye)

\- shivapArvatIsaMvAde \-

Ishvara uvAcha |

devarAjasevyamAnapAvanA~Nghripa~NkajaM
vyAlayaj~nasUtramindushekharaM kR^ipAkaram |
nAradAdiyogivR^indavanditaM digambaraM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 1 || 53||
bhuktimuktidAyakaM prashastachAruvigrahaM
nitAntabhaktavatsalaM samastalokapAlakam |
nikvaNanmanoj~nahemaki~NkiNIlasatkaTiM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 2 || 54||
bhAnukoTibhAsvaraM bhavAbdhitArakaM paraM
nIlakaNThanIpsitArthadAyakaM trilochanam |
kAlakAlamambujAkShakandharAharaM shivaM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 3 || 55||
shUlaTa~NkapAshadaNDapANimAdikAraNaM
shyAmakAyamAdidevamakSharaM nirAmayam |
bhImavakrimabhruvaM vichitratANDavapriyaM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 4 || 56||
ratnapAdukAprabhAvirAmapAdayugmakaM
nityamadvitIyamiShTadaivataM nira~njanam |
mR^ityudarpanAshanaM karAlaM daMShTrabhIShaNaM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 5 || 57||
dharmasetupAlanamadharmamArganAshanaM
karmapAshamochanaM sukarmadAyakaM prabhum |
suvarNavarNakeshapAshashobhitA~NganirmalaM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 6 || 58||
aTTahAsabhinnapaddmajANDakoTisantatiM
dR^iShTipAtanaShTapApajAlamugrashAsanam |
aShTasiddhidAyakaM kapAlamAlikAdharaM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 7 || 59||
bhUtasa~NghanAyakaM vishAlakIrtidAyakaM
kAshivAsakokapuNyapApashodhanaprabhum |
nItimArgakovidaM purAtanaM jagatprabhuM
kAshikApurAdhinAthakAlabhairavaM bhaje | 8 || 60||
kAlabhairavAShTakaM paThanti ye manoharaM
j~nAnamuktisAdhanaM pavitrapuNyavardhanam |
shokamohadainyalobhakopatApanAshanaM
te prayAnti kAlabhairavAdi sevitaM prabhuM haram || 61||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate kAlabhairavAShTakaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | mahAdevAkhyaH ekAdashamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 34 aShTamIpUjAkathanam | 53\-61||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . mahAdevAkhyaH ekAdashamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 34 aShTamIpUjAkathanam . 53-61..

Notes:

Śiva ##shiva## advises about Kālabhairavāṣṭakam ##kAlabhairavAShTakam## as He delivers Upadeśa ##upadesha## to Pārvatī ##pArvatI## about observing Aṣṭamī ##aShTamI## - especially that KṛṣṇaPakṣa ##kR^iShNapakSha## - that is known as Kālāṣṭamī ##kAlAShTamI## - and the merits of doing so.

The Kālabhairavāṣṭakam ##kAlabhairavAShTakam## is meant to be recited for worshiping Bhairava Kālarāja ##bhairava kAlarAja##.

He advises about worshiping Him with Mahādevī ##mahAdevI## and His gaṇa-s ##gaNAH##, worshiping His Aśṭamūrti ##aShTamUrti##; and about a ŚivaStutiḥ ##shivastutiH## meant to be recited on Kālāṣṭamī ##kAlAShTamI##.

The Īśvaraproktaṁ  Aṣṭamīpūjākathanam ##IshvaraproktamaShTamIpUjAkathanam## and the Kālāṣṭamīkṛte ŚivaStutiḥ ##kAlAShTamIkR^ite shivastutiH## can be accessed from the links given below.

This text is slightly different from the more popularly known Aśṭakam ##aShTakam## that is attributed to Shankaracharya.

Proofread by Ruma Dewan

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