caṇḍikāṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
sahasracandranitdakatikanta-candrikacayai-
diso’bhipurayad vidurayad duragraham kaleh ।
krtamala’valakalevaram varam bhajamahe
mahesamanasasrayanvaho maho mahodayam ॥ 1॥
visala-sailakandarantarala-vasasalinim
trilokapalinim kapalini manoramamimam ।
umamupasitam surairupasmahe mahesvarim
param ganesvaraprasu nagesvarasya nandinim ॥ 2॥
aye mahesi! te mahendramukhyanirjarah same
samanayanti murddharagata paragamamghrijam ।
mahaviragisamkara’nuraginim nuragini
smarami cetasa’tasimumamavasasam nutam ॥ 3॥
bhaje’maramganakarocchalatsucama roccalan
nicola-lolakuntalam svaloka-soka-nasinim ।
adabhra-sambhrtatisambhrama-prabhuta-vibhrama-
pravrta-tandava-prakanda-panditikrtesvaram ॥ 4॥
apiha pamaram vidhaya camaram tatha’maram
nupamaram paresidrg-vibhavita-vitatrike ।
pravartate pratosa-rosa-khelana tava svadosa-
mosahetave samrddhimelanam padannumah ॥ 5॥
bhabhuv-bhabhav-bhabhav-bhabhabhito-vibhasi bhasvara-
prabhabhara-prabhasitaga-gahvaradhibhasinim ।
milattara-jvalattarodvalattara-ksapakara
pramuta-bhabhara-prabhasi-bhalapattikam bhaje ॥ 6॥
kapotakambu-kamyakantha-kanthayakamkanamgada-
dikanta-kascikascitam kapalikaminimaham ।
varamghrinupuradhvani-pravrttisambhavad visesa-
kavyakalpakausalam kapalakundalam bhaje ॥ 7॥
bhavabhaya-prabhavitadbhavottaraprabhavi bhavya
bhumibhutibhavana prabhutibhavukam bhave ।
bhavani neti te bhavani! padapamkajam bhaje
bhavanti tatra satruvo na yatra tadvibhavanam ॥ 8॥
durgagrato’tigarimaprabhavam bhavanya
bhavyamimam stutimumapatina pranitam ।
yah sravayet sapuruhutapuradhipatya
bhagyam labheta ripavasca trnani tasya ॥ 9॥
ramastamka sasamke’bde’stamyam suklasvine gurau ।
saktasrijagadanandasarmanyupahrta stutih ॥ 10॥
॥ iti kavipatyupanamaka-sri umapatidvivedi-viracitam candikastakam
sampurnam ॥