The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Kālabhairavāṣṭakam

Verse 8

भूतसङ्घनायकं विशालकीर्तिदायकंकाशिवासिलोकपुण्यपापशोधकं विभुम् ।नीतिमार्गकोविदं पुरातनं जगत्पतिंकाशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥ ८ ॥

In plain words

He leads the hosts of spirits, and the fame he gives spreads without edge. For everyone living in Kāśī he washes away the merit and the sin alike, and there is no place he does not reach. He knows the path of right conduct all the way down; he is older than anything you could name; he is lord of this whole moving world. Kālabhairava, sovereign of the city of Kāśī — him I worship.

Close to the Sanskrit

The leader of the host of beings, the giver of vast fame, the purifier of the merit and the sin of the people dwelling in Kāśī, the all-pervading one; versed in the path of right conduct, ancient, lord of the moving world — Kālabhairava, sovereign lord of the city of Kāśikā, I worship.