Chandra Shekara Ashtakam in English

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām |
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām ||

ratnasānu śarāsanaṃ rajatādri śṛṅga niketanaṃ
śiñjinīkṛta pannageśvara macyutānala sāyakam |
kṣipradagda puratrayaṃ tridaśālayai rabhivanditaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 1 ||

mattavāraṇa mukhyacarma kṛtottarīya manoharaṃ
paṅkajāsana padmalocana pūjitāṅghri saroruham |
deva sindhu taraṅga śrīkara sikta śubhra jaṭādharaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 2 ||

kuṇḍalīkṛta kuṇḍalīśvara kuṇḍalaṃ vṛṣavāhanaṃ
nāradādi munīśvara stutavaibhavaṃ bhuvaneśvaram |
andhakāntaka māśritāmara pādapaṃ śamanāntakaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 3 ||

pañcapādapa puṣpagandha padāmbuja dvayaśobhitaṃ
phālalocana jātapāvaka dagdha manmadha vigraham |
bhasmadigda kaḷebaraṃ bhavanāśanaṃ bhava mavyayaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 4 ||

yakṣa rājasakhaṃ bhagākṣa haraṃ bhujaṅga vibhūṣaṇam
śailarāja sutā pariṣkṛta cāruvāma kaḷebaram |
kṣeḷa nīlagaḷaṃ paraśvadha dhāriṇaṃ mṛgadhāriṇam
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 5 ||

bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇā makhilāpadā mapahāriṇaṃ
dakṣayaṅña vināśanaṃ triguṇātmakaṃ trivilocanam |
bhukti mukti phalapradaṃ sakalāgha saṅgha nibarhaṇaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 6 ||

viśvasṛṣṭi vidhāyakaṃ punarevapālana tatparaṃ
saṃharaṃ tamapi prapañca maśeṣaloka nivāsinam |
krīḍayanta maharniśaṃ gaṇanātha yūtha samanvitaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 7 ||

bhaktavatsala marcitaṃ nidhimakṣayaṃ haridambaraṃ
sarvabhūta patiṃ parātpara maprameya manuttamam |
somavārina bhohutāśana soma pādyakhilākṛtiṃ
candraśekhara eva tasya dadāti mukti mayatnataḥ || 8 ||