bhaanukOTi bhaasvaraM bhavabdhitaarakaM paraM
neelakaMTha meepsitaardha daayakaM trilOchanam |
kaalakaala maMbujaakSha mastaSoonya makSharaM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 2 ||

SoolaTanka paaSadaNDa paaNimaadi kaaraNaM
Syaamakaaya maadidEva makSharaM niraamayam |
bheemavikramaM prabhuM vichitra taaMDava priyaM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 3 ||

bhukti mukti daayakaM praSastachaaru vigrahaM
bhaktavatsalaM sthitaM samastalOka vigraham |
nikvaNan-manOgnya hEma kiMkiNee lasatkaTiM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 4 ||

dharmasEtu paalakaM tvadharmamaarga naaSakaM
karmapaaSa mOchakaM suSarma daayakaM vibhum |
svarNavarNa kESapaaSa Sobhitaanga nirmalaM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 5 ||

ratna paadukaa prabhaabhiraama paadayugmakaM
nitya madviteeya miShTa daivataM niraMjanam |
mRutyudarpa naaSanaM karaaLadaMShTra bhooShaNaM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 6 ||

aTTahaasa bhinna padmajaaMDakOSa santatiM
dRuShTipaata naShTapaapa jaalamugra Saasanam |
aShTasiddhi daayakaM kapaalamaalikaa dharaM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 7 ||

bhootasangha naayakaM viSaalakeerti daayakaM
kaaSivaasi lOka puNyapaapa SOdhakaM vibhum |
neetimaarga kOvidaM puraatanaM jagatpatiM
kaaSikaapuraadhinaatha kaalabhairavaM bhajE || 8 ||

kaalabhairavaaShTakaM paThaMti yE manOharaM
gnyaanamukti saadhakaM vichitra puNya vardhanam |
SOkamOha lObhadainya kOpataapa naaSanaM
tE prayaanti kaalabhairavaanghri sannidhiM dhruvam ||