Sri Kalabairavashtakam | श्री कालभैरवाष्टकम् | ஶ்ரீ காலபைரவாஷ்டகம் | Sri Adi Sankarar

 One of the most fearsome avatars of Lord Shiva is the Kalabhairava. This form of Shiva, described by Adi Shankaracharya in the Kalabhairava Ashtakam, is shown to be naked, black, entwined with a garland of skulls, three eyes, weapons of destruction in his four hands, and entwined with snakes.

Chanting this ashtakam frees us from shoka (grief), moha (attachment and delusion, the causes of misery), dainya (poverty or the feeling of lack), lobha (greed), kopa (irritability and anger), and tapa (sufferings).