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Kapalika Stotra

कपालिक स्तोत्र

Praises the Kapalika form of Bhairava, fierce and ascetic.

Deity: Bhairava (Shiva)
Composer: Attributed to Adi Shankaracharya
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भजे व्रजैकमण्डनं समस्तपापखण्डनम् ।
स्वभक्तचित्तरञ्जनं सदैव नन्दनन्दनम् ॥

Transliteration

bhaje vrajaikamaṇḍanaṃ samastapāpakhaṇḍanam | svabhaktacittarañjanaṃ sadaiva nandanandanam ||

Meaning: I worship the one who is the ornament of Vraja, the destroyer of all sins, who delights the hearts of his devotees, the son of Nanda, forever.